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  • Re: New PGP signing key for news.groups.proposals

    From Rayner Lucas@usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE to news.groups.proposals on Thu Nov 20 20:58:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: news.groups.proposals

    In article <MPG.436cb5457873acd0989700@news.eternal-september.org>, usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE says...

    In article <mmfdh6F7n0lU1@mid.individual.net>, iulius@nom-de-mon- site.com.invalid says...

    Is the group monitored by Tim's bot? (I don't recall having
    seen any NoCeM article from his bot since a long time; maybe there had
    not been any forgery for ages? or the bot is no longer active?)

    I'm not sure if Tim's bot is still active or monitoring this group, but
    I've just sent him a email to make sure he knows of the planned change.

    Tim has confirmed that his bot no longer monitors this group.

    Rayner

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  • From Usenet Big-8 Management Board@board@big-8.org to news.groups.proposals on Thu Nov 20 20:58:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: news.groups.proposals

    In article <MPG.4365aa2540bf99449896fd@news.eternal-september.org>, board@big-8.org says...

    The NGP moderation team will shortly be upgrading the PGP signing key
    for news.groups.proposals. The current signing key is a 1024-bit DSA key created in 2006, which is now considered weak. It will be replaced with
    a 2048-bit RSA key that has been signed with the current key.

    The upgrade is planned for 24th November 2025, i.e. in one month's time.

    A reminder that the PGP signing key for this group is scheduled to
    change on 24th November (Monday).

    This is only important if you're verifying posts to NGP to check for
    forged approvals; most readers of the group will have no reason to
    notice or care.

    The new public key is available from:
    - The first post in this thread
    - The PGP keyserver at pgp.mit.edu
    - The Big 8 Management Board wiki at
    https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Signing_key_for_news.groups.proposals

    The email address ngp-approval-key (at) ngp.big-8.org will auto-respond
    with the current key until the changeover happens, and will thereafter
    respond with the new key.

    Regards,
    Big-8 Management Board

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  • From Usenet Big-8 Management Board@board@big-8.org to news.groups.proposals on Tue Nov 25 20:51:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: news.groups.proposals

    In article <MPG.4389d5f4510722d8989705@news.eternal-september.org>, board@big-8.org says...

    A reminder that the PGP signing key for this group is scheduled to
    change on 24th November (Monday).

    This is only important if you're verifying posts to NGP to check for
    forged approvals; most readers of the group will have no reason to
    notice or care.

    The new public key is available from:
    - The first post in this thread
    - The PGP keyserver at pgp.mit.edu
    - The Big 8 Management Board wiki at
    https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Signing_key_for_news.groups.proposals

    The email address ngp-approval-key (at) ngp.big-8.org will auto-respond
    with the current key until the changeover happens, and will thereafter respond with the new key.

    The PGP key upgrade took place as planned. This article should be signed
    with the new key, assuming I haven't messed something up.

    Regards,
    Big-8 Management Board
    --
    Usenet Big-8 Management Board
    https://www.big-8.org/
    board@big-8.org

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