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RE: Whose X do I need to X to get on CERT?
From: "Jonathan G. Lampe" <jonathan () stdnet com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:38:16 -0600
FOLLOW-UP to "Whose X do I need to X to get on CERT?"After my posting regarding my difficulties communicating a vendor statement to CERT I received a lot of good information from a variety of sources. To make a long story short, CERT posted my vendor statement after the following steps:
1) I chatted with a CERT rep, identifying myself and my company.2) I emailed a public PGP certificate to the attention of the same CERT rep at cert () cert org. (CERT stored my public key away and set it up as a trusted vendor certificate.)
3) I acquired CERT's public PGP key. (https://www.cert.org/pgp/cert_pgp_key.asc)
4) I signed my vendor statement with my private key and CERT's public key and emailed it to cert () cert org, with a subject containing the VU# of my issue.
5) CERT posted the vendor statement rather quickly.I still think www.CERT.org could use a "Vendor 101" section (maybe in the FAQ) which walks new and/or infrequent vendors through steps 1 and 2. (Here's the email address to which you should send your public key [cert () cert org with a special subject?] , X will call you back in Y hours to confirm your identity, etc.) For the moment I think the thing to do is just to call them and ask if you can submit your PGP key and become a known vendor.
Just my $.02. - Jonathan LampeP.S. CERT told me they ONLY accept PGP-signed vendor statements via email. (Makes a lot of sense to me.) However I doubt that as an unregistered vendor, simply sending CERT a signed statement and a copy of your key would be good enough by itself; CERT still would need to confirm your identity somehow, even if its just a phone call.
P.P.S. (Thanks to Matt, Ian, Keith, Marty, Ed, Marko, Ken and anyone else I forgot!)
Current thread:
- Whose X do I need to X to get on CERT? Jonathan G. Lampe (Feb 20)
- RE: Whose X do I need to X to get on CERT? Matt Groves (Feb 20)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Whose X do I need to X to get on CERT? Jonathan G. Lampe (Feb 22)