Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-09-01 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Chris Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I said, I don't expect every one of these options to exist for > everyone; just that there are many different options beyond personally > owning a scanner, and I believe for the majority of people, at least one > should be viable. And honestly

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-06 Thread Chris Pimlott
As I said, I don't expect every one of these options to exist for everyone; just that there are many different options beyond personally owning a scanner, and I believe for the majority of people, at least one should be viable. And honestly, I don't see why mailing a photograph (the simp

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 09:41:39AM +0200, "Jürgen A. Erhard" wrote: > Name just *one* task in Debian that requires a maintainer to use a > scanner. Just one. Apart from joining, that is. Maintaining sane? Okay, maybe not strictly necessary, but it probably helps a whole *hell* of a lot. :) B

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-06 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22J=FCrgen_A=2E_Erhard=22?=
> "Chris" == Chris Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Jim Ziegler wrote: >> So out with Kernigan and Ritchie, they had no scanners so could not have >> had anything to contribute. (Please be sure to note that this is a >> comment on the arrogance

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-06 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22J=FCrgen_A=2E_Erhard=22?=
> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: >> Dale Scheetz writes: >> > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be >> > required by the task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be >> > a reasonable

Note on photo-ID (Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme)

2000-08-05 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on "Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:29:12 +0200", with "Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)", "Oliver M . Bolzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2000

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme

2000-08-04 Thread Seth Cohn
At 11:09 PM 08/04/2000 +0200, Detlev Zundel wrote: >And as a side note, I've heard that people were able to do stuff for >the GNU project without depositing urine samples, but then again the >GNU project is probably not as respectable as Debian. Urine, blood, sweat or tears... almost any bodily f

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread William Ono
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 02:03:37PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > When I submitted a scan of my Driver's License in early 1998, I used xpaint > or the gimp or something to place black "censorship" rectangles over my > actual driver's license number and social security number. This was > regarde

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Oliver M . Bolzer
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 02:03:37PM -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 06:08:36PM +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > When I submitted a scan of my Driver's License in early 1998, I used xpaint > or the gimp or something to place black "censorship" rectangle

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Chris Pimlott
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Jim Ziegler wrote: > So out with Kernigan and Ritchie, they had no scanners so could not have > had anything to contribute. (Please be sure to note that this is a > comment on the arrogance of the assumption that one who does not have > convienent access to the latest techno

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi, I am nearly sorry to lengthen this thread, but I stumbled about an assumption that I believe is fundamental and _not_ true: The keyboard of Gopal Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think some sort of traceability is good. As debian maintainers, we > can upload packages. If I am malici

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Jim Ziegler
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:58:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > So far, to my knowledge, not one applicant has refused to supply such > information. If one such example exists, I would argue that this clause > should, in fact, be executed, rejecting such applications, simply because > there are s

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Jim Ziegler
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 04:05:06PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > require of incoming members. Isn't it? > > > No. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Ziegler

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Jim Ziegler
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:28:28PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > Because of the large numbers of applicants that we have to process every > day, just to stay ahead of the incomming flood, we should be looking for > ways to make rejection of an applicant easier, not harder. We can't > possibly ta

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Jim Ziegler
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > For me, it would be harder to provide a recent photo, that it would be to > provide a copy of my passport, so I appologize if I'm a bit incredulous > about the difficulties of providing "ade

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Jim Ziegler
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > I would also ask: Do we want to accept people as members who are unwilling > to show us their face? > > Obvoiusly I don't think so ;-) > Send me a scanner and I'll send you a picture. Or send me the money to buy one. -- [E

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 06:08:36PM +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I do

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-08-04 Thread Matthew Vernon
Jim Westveer writes: > > On 03-Aug-2000 Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement > > except > > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of > > me, > > > > You've not bee

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Shane Wegner
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 06:08:36PM +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I do

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Clay Crouch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Folks, I have been reading this thread for far too long Point and counter-point; Feignt and thrust; Whine and counter-whine I just recently exited the NM que. I had to jump through all the hoops. And you know what? I agreed with every one

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 04:47:31PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > Why do you continue to confuse the issue by bringing in the onerous task > > furphy? It is all about trust. > Well, I agree that I trust a keysigner, and that trust allows me to accept > the

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-08-03 Thread Jim Westveer
On 03-Aug-2000 Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random people > ha

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random peop

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random people having a copy of my passport digitised (worse still,

Scanned Photos Req'd (was Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current... scheme )

2000-08-03 Thread Bolan Meek
Anand Kumria wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > > > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > > > ...Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > > > > require of incoming members. Isn't it? > > > > > > No.

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > > > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > > > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > > > > task at hand? Sca

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on "Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:55:43 +1000", Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Extrapolations: > > 1. the new-maintainer process does not trust existing developers; > having your key signed by an existing developer counts for nothing "counts for nothing" seems t

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > No. Why should being a debian developer require you to be able to get > > hold of a scanner? > > Why should we require them to have access to a computer? Oh come on, be reasonable. That's a non sequitur, and you know it. T

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale wrote: > Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Therefore, what does it matter that I can't remember the face of the > > person whose key I signed six months ago? I am still happy that I saw > > good ID, and that if I get mail signed/encrypted with that key that it > > comes from that person. > >

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > This just doesn't seem to be the onerous task that several have made it > out to be. It's just another requirement for becoming a member. Why not > just obliterate all the requirements, and make signing up sufficient to > membership?

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:14:51PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:43:12AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > Membership is a privilege, and if you have to take a couple of > > > bureaucratic steps, so be it. You don't haggle with your passport > > > office about providing

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Anand Kumria
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > > > task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > >

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:58:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Therefore, what does it matter that I can't remember the face of the > > person whose key I signed six months ago? I am still happy that I saw > > good ID, and that if I get mail signed/en

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22J=FCrgen_A=2E_Erhard=22?=
> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> [...] I find the technical argument (the applicant does not Dale> have access to scanners, etc...) to be as weak, because it Dale> declares a lack of "connectedness" with the "technological" Dale> society they wish to

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread "Jürgen A. Erhard"
> "Gopal" == Gopal Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gopal> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:43:12AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: >> > Membership is a privilege, and if you have to take a couple of >> > bureaucratic steps, so be it. You don't haggle with your passport >> > office

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Gopal Narayanan
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:29:49PM +0200, Detlev Zundel wrote: > The scanned ID step is a prominent example of such a "test" of > determinedness (and nothing more) because I think everybody agrees > that the scanned ID does _not_ improve the trace-ability of applicants > in the case where a Debian

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi, this whole discussion touches some deep points that I'd like to comment on. Basically I can make out two attitudes, or views of the project, resulting in arguments over more minor points. I'll call these groups the "open" and "closed" positions. I know this is a _large_ oversimplification

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi, this whole discussion touches some deep points that I'd like to comment on. Basically I can make out two attitudes, or views of the project, resulting in arguments over more minor points. I'll call these groups the "open" and "closed" positions. I know this is a _large_ oversimplification

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:58:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > This photo isn't about a "web of trust". That requirement is satisfied by > the key. The photo is about being able to identify our membership. As your > key fingerprint is not required to be barcoded onto your hand, the image > of

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread William Ono
> Previously William Ono wrote: > > This point comes up over and over, and every time someone has to point > > out that alternative methods of getting the photograph digitized are > > available. Whenever this issue comes up with one of my applicants, I > > offer to accept hardcopy by snail-mail an

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > > task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > > require of incoming members. Isn't it? > > No. Why should being a debian

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > I think that either Dale or myself has misunderstood something here, > since his argument makes little sense from my (albeit limited) > knowledge of how PGP/GPG keysigning works. I've kept the quoted text > below because it see

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously William Ono wrote: > This point comes up over and over, and every time someone has to point > out that alternative methods of getting the photograph digitized are > available. Whenever this issue comes up with one of my applicants, I > offer to accept hardcopy by snail-mail and scan it

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Chris Pimlott
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > It just occured to my that effectively, both privileges are not granted to > Debian members only. We have sponsors who upload packages contributed by > non-members. Although those can't upload themselves, it is prettym uch the > same. And we all know

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:49:42PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > It just occured to my that effectively, both privileges are not granted to > Debian members only. We have sponsors who upload packages contributed by > non-members. Although those can't upload themselves, it is prettym uch the > s

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Taketoshi Sano
(I have subscribed this list, so cc to me is not needed) In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:49:42 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:21:37PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > I am rather scared by a statement that effectively assumes th

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: I think that either Dale or myself has misunderstood something here, since his argument makes little sense from my (albeit limited) knowledge of how PGP/GPG keysigning works. I've kept the quoted text below because it seems to me to be the most succinct form of his argument.

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Matthew Vernon
> The gain is that he presents his face to the group, in a form that we can > archive for "our" records, saying, "yes, we have seen this guy". This gain > is to the group as well as to the applicant. There is nothing to be gained > at this point (and much to put at risk) by presenting a false

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > require of incoming members. Isn't it? No. Why should being a debian developer require you to be able to get hold of a scanne

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:28:28PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > The people who signed keys said themselves that they could not with any > sureness identify someone who's key they signed once, long ago. We > realized, after some debate, that the fact that the developer in question > _did_ see a pas

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread William Ono
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:51PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > [Reply-To: set to drop the old nm-admin list] Am I the only one who has constant trouble getting the Debian listserver to acknowledge my requests? In the past I've been ignored when trying to subscribe and unsubscribe from various list

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread William Ono
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:51PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > It depends on what sort of stuff you do. Unless you actually want to > scan in images there's no reason to have a scanner. Computers, net > connections - these things we can expect people to have access to. > Scanners just aren't so g

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Oliver Elphick
Anand Kumria wrote: >I don't know when you asked Dale but the procedures are quite clear that >"An image file of an appropriate piece of photo-identification" (from >http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step2> is required. Yes! We want (as a group) to see the id. The fact that a developer

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Gopal Narayanan
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:09:39PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > A privilege is a "special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by > all" (wordnet). You said "the privilege to be trusted to contribute to > Debian". Many people outside Debian are to be trusted to contribute, > directl

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Nils Lohner
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: >Hello, > >A privilege is a "special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by >all" (wordnet). You said "the privilege to be trusted to contribute to >Debian". Many people outside Debian are to be trusted to contribute, >directly

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Gopal Narayanan
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:43:12AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > Membership is a privilege, and if you have to take a couple of > > bureaucratic steps, so be it. You don't haggle with your passport > > office about providing your passport photos, do you? If you need to > > Actually I do -- but t

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hello, On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:53:36PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: > >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: > >> >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -04

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Nils Lohner
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: >> >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: >> >> Membership is a privilege, >> > >> >The priv

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:21:37PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > I am rather scared by a statement that effectively assumes that being part > of Debian is a "privilege" that needs to be protected by people who > probably want to abuse it.[1] The only privileges you have as a Debian > maintainer

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: > >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > >> Membership is a privilege, > > > >The privilege to work, or what? > > > IMO the privilege to be trusted

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Nils Lohner
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes: >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: >> Membership is a privilege, > >The privilege to work, or what? > IMO the privilege to be trusted to contribute to Debian, represent it well and to adhere to the social co

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 06:38:03PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:33:47AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > Perhaps, once again, that is not the issue here. The issue is whether to > > trust existing Debian developers to authenticate (sign) the key of > > aspiring Debian d

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > Membership is a privilege, The privilege to work, or what? Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.orgfor public PGP

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 11:09:46AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > > On 01-Aug-00, 09:32 (CDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I find the technical argument (the applicant does not > > > have access to scanners, etc.

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:33:47AM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > Perhaps, once again, that is not the issue here. The issue is whether to > trust existing Debian developers to authenticate (sign) the key of > aspiring Debian developers. Trusting developers doesn't seem to be an issue at all. N

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 04:05:06PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > [Re

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:55:50AM -0500, An Thi-Nguyen Le wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:51PM +0100, Mark Brown typed: > } On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > } > about the difficulties of providing "adequate" identification. I find the > } > technical argument

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > If you absolutely can't get hold of a scanner, take a (analog) photo > of your ID, have it developed in any number of online places or your > next-door photo shop, that would give you a CDROM with all your > photos.. Sheesh. Sure

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > > Having the assurance that the keyholder is the applicant (this comes from > > > the signature on their key) coupled

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Gopal Narayanan
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 11:09:46AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 01-Aug-00, 09:32 (CDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find the technical argument (the applicant does not > > have access to scanners, etc...) to be as weak, because it declares a > > lack of "connectedness" with

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 04:05:06PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > [Reply-To: set to drop the old nm-admin list] I've just dropped it this time. > I don't own a scanner. I know several friends who do, and under extreeme That depends on who you know and wh

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Steve Greenland
On 01-Aug-00, 09:32 (CDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find the technical argument (the applicant does not > have access to scanners, etc...) to be as weak, because it declares a > lack of "connectedness" with the "technological" society they wish to > enter. While I'm not arguing

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > [Reply-To: set to drop the old nm-admin list] > > > about the difficulties of

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:55:50AM -0500, An Thi-Nguyen Le wrote: > Wouldn't libraries and other such places usually have scanners for public > access (or maybe, if they're clueless or harassed libraries, free access Not round here. Printers probably would, though they might not be enthused a

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread An Thi-Nguyen Le
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:51PM +0100, Mark Brown typed: } On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: } > about the difficulties of providing "adequate" identification. I find the } > technical argument (the applicant does not have access to scanners, } > etc...) to be as wea

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, [iso-8859-1] Jens Müller wrote: > Please choose ONE debian-* list! > Sorry but there isn't ONE debian-* list! Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > I strongly disagree with the interpretation being made here. > > think you missing, or overlooking three very important things. > > > Every applicant must provide an image file of a phot

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:32:01PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: [Reply-To: set to drop the old nm-admin list] > about the difficulties of providing "adequate" identification. I find the > tec

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > Having the assurance that the keyholder is the applicant (this comes from > > the signature on their key) coupled with the signed image provided by the > > applicant closes the eye/hand l

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-07-31 Thread Joey Hess
Dale Scheetz wrote: > I would also ask: Do we want to accept people as members who are unwilling > to show us their face? gpg -kvv espy |grep -v Klecker -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-07-31 Thread Jens Müller
- Original Message - From: "Anand Kumria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dale Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please choose ONE debian-* list! Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-07-31 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I strongly disagree with the interpretation being made here. think you missing, or overlooking three very important things. > Every applicant must provide an image file of a photograph of themselves, > most desired is a passport or

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 03:06:36PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Having the assurance that the keyholder is the applicant (this comes from > the signature on their key) coupled with the signed image provided by the > applicant closes the eye/hand loop. Neither is sufficient without the > other. B

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-07-31 Thread Dale Scheetz
I strongly disagree with the interpretation being made here. Every applicant must provide an image file of a photograph of themselves, most desired is a passport or a photo ID, signed with their GPG key, in order to identify themselves to the group. This image is archived by the DAM as the record

RE: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-31 Thread Matthew Vernon
> However, by signing an ID, or the email, I have demonstrated > that I do infact, possess that private key. Well indeed, but I'd expect to get a gpg-signed mail from my applicant as part of step 2, and I could then check the signature. Matthew -- Rapun.sel - outermost outpost of the Pick Em

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-30 Thread Jim Westveer
On 30-Jul-2000 Peter Palfrader wrote: > Hi Jim! > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Jim Westveer wrote: > >> However, by signing an ID, or the email, I have demonstrated >> that I do infact, possess that private key. > > IIRC, it was required that you sign your application with the > key. I don't know whe

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-30 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Jim! On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Jim Westveer wrote: > However, by signing an ID, or the email, I have demonstrated > that I do infact, possess that private key. IIRC, it was required that you sign your application with the key. I don't know wheter this is still true however.

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-30 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Jim Westveer wrote: > However, by signing an ID, or the email, I have demonstrated > that I do infact, possess that private key. Signing an arbitrary something proves that just as well. For example a package, the output of fortune, etc. Wichert. --

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-30 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 11:18:33AM -0700, Jim Westveer wrote: > > It seems that something is left out of the proposal to not > require an ID (or anything else) signed by the applicant. > > As an example, I could acquire from db.d.o a public key for > someone that is signed by a maintainer. (key

RE: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-07-30 Thread Jim Westveer
I am, admitadly a crypto mental midget, So feel free to blast me if I am way off base. It seems that something is left out of the proposal to not require an ID (or anything else) signed by the applicant. As an example, I could acquire from db.d.o a public key for someone that is signed by a