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Documentation/process: kernel maintainer PGP guide
authorKonstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 1 Feb 2018 14:42:33 +0000 (09:42 -0500)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:58:19 +0000 (10:58 -0700)
commitb72dde3869fbac36aa95e50fbff4ff006a5125dd
treec5a33b9c2bae512346f7ef2cd477548f4dcc4c8d
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Documentation/process: kernel maintainer PGP guide

This guide is an adapted version of the more general "Protecting Code
Integrity" guide written and maintained by The Linux Foundation IT for
use with open-source projects. It provides the oft-lacking guidance on
the following topics:

- how to properly protect one's PGP keys to minimize the risks of them
  being stolen and used maliciously to impersonate a kernel developer
- how to configure Git to properly use GnuPG
- when and how to use PGP with Git
- how to verify fellow Linux Kernel developer identities

I believe this document should live with the rest of the documentation
describing proper processes one should follow when participating in
kernel development. Placing it in a wiki on some place like kernel.org
would be insufficient for a number of reasons -- primarily, because only
a relatively small subset of maintainers have accounts on kernel.org,
but also because even those who do rarely remember that such wiki
exists. Keeping it with the rest of in-kernel docs should hopefully give
it more visibility, but also help keep it up-to-date as tools and
processes evolve.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/process/index.rst
Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst [new file with mode: 0644]