Alexander Hess
ae768285b6
- Add AGE.md with policies
- Add age-recipient.txt for `age -R`
- Add ceremonies/2026-09-13_age_key.md as the signed record
of which recipient is valid from which date
- List the recipient in KEYS.md
- Describe AGE.md and age-recipient.txt in README.md
- Extend the scripts:
+ sign.sh signs AGE.md by default
+ verify.sh verifies AGE.md by default
and cross-checks age-recipient.txt,
the only unsigned artifact,
against the recipient in the signed KEYS.md and AGE.md
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# Keys
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Public record of the cryptographic keys of Alexander Hess
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(i.e., "me" in this repository):
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What they are, how they are handled, and how to verify them.
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There are two audiences for this repository:
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- **I** want a how-to:
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[`OPENPGP.md`](OPENPGP.md) and [`AGE.md`](AGE.md) hold the policies and ceremonies,
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and the [`scripts/`](scripts/) run them.
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- **Readers** want to confirm my keys and my identity:
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Everything needed for that is in the [Verify](#verify) section below.
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## Verify
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The fingerprint of my [current PGP key](public-key.asc) is in [`KEYS.md`](KEYS.md),
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which is signed.
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Compare the fingerprint with at least one source outside this repository
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to confirm my identity:
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- [WKD](https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD),
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for example, via `gpg --locate-keys ah@alexander-hess.com`
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- The keyservers listed in [`OPENPGP.md`](OPENPGP.md),
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for example, `gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --search-keys alexander@webartifex.de`
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- [`KEYS.md`](KEYS.md) obtained from my websites:
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- [alexander-hess.com](https://www.alexander-hess.com/KEYS.md)
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- [webartifex.de](https://www.webartifex.de/KEYS.md)
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Then:
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```bash
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gpg --import public-key.asc
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gpg --verify KEYS.md.asc KEYS.md
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gpg --verify OPENPGP.md.asc OPENPGP.md
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gpg --verify AGE.md.asc AGE.md
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```
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Each `gpg --verify` will print two things:
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1. `Good signature from "Alexander Hess <...>"`:
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The file is intact and was signed by this key.
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2. `WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!`:
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Because `gpg` likely has no record that this key is mine.
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So, a good signature plus a matching `Primary key fingerprint` line is the full result.
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To silence the warning on your machine,
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tell `gpg` about your check:
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```bash
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gpg --lsign-key <FPR> # after comparing the fingerprint yourself
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```
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If you trusted one of the two keys I retired in 2026,
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they certified the current one,
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and the supersession is recorded in [`ceremonies/`](ceremonies/):
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```bash
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gpg --import history/344EA5AB10D868E0-public.asc history/6D11C1E91D3B0265-public.asc
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gpg --check-signatures 8B1140ADB5185334E9FA513B75681C8167312680
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gpg --verify ceremonies/2026-07-08_supersession.md.asc ceremonies/2026-07-08_supersession.md
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```
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## Contents
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The files in this repository are described below.
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### OpenPGP
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How I implement [OpenPGP](https://www.openpgp.org/):
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- [`KEYS.md`](KEYS.md):
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Current keys, signed
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- [`KEYS.md.asc`](KEYS.md.asc):
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Detached signature, renewed at every ceremony
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- [`OPENPGP.md`](OPENPGP.md):
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OpenPGP policies, ceremonies, and history
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- [`OPENPGP.md.asc`](OPENPGP.md.asc):
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Detached signature, renewed at every ceremony
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- [`public-key.asc`](public-key.asc):
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Armored export of the current OpenPGP key
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- [`snapshots/`](snapshots/):
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Yearly exports of the current OpenPGP key
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- [`ceremonies/`](ceremonies/):
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Signed records of exceptional events
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- [`history/`](history/):
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Armored public keys of all previous OpenPGP keys
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### `age`
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Besides OpenPGP,
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I also use the modern [`age`](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age) encryption:
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- [`AGE.md`](AGE.md):
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`age` policies
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- [`AGE.md.asc`](AGE.md.asc):
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Detached signature, renewed at every ceremony
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- [`age-recipient.txt`](age-recipient.txt):
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`age` public key for `age -R`
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- [`ceremonies/`](ceremonies/):
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Signed record of when a recipient became valid or rotated
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because `age` keys carry no metadata of their own
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### Scripts
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`sh` scripts for my own use:
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- [`bootstrap.sh`](scripts/bootstrap.sh):
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Imports and trusts all keys on a new machine,
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then verifies all files
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- [`sign.sh`](scripts/sign.sh):
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Renews the detached signatures
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- [`verify.sh`](scripts/verify.sh):
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Verifies all signed files against the pinned signing subkey,
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warns when the key is about to expire, and
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cross-checks `age-recipient.txt`
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- [`snapshot.sh`](scripts/snapshot.sh):
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Exports the current key to `snapshots/` and `public-key.asc`
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- [`publish.sh`](scripts/publish.sh):
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Pushes the current key to the keyservers
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