Qubes Canary 032

We have published Qubes Canary 032. The text of this canary is reproduced below.

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                    ---===[ Qubes Canary 032 ]===---


Statements
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The Qubes security team members who have digitally signed this file [1]
state the following:

1. The date of issue of this canary is September 13, 2022.

2. There have been 84 Qubes security bulletins published so far.

3. The Qubes Master Signing Key fingerprint is:

       427F 11FD 0FAA 4B08 0123  F01C DDFA 1A3E 3687 9494

4. No warrants have ever been served to us with regard to the Qubes OS
   Project (e.g. to hand out the private signing keys or to introduce
   backdoors).

5. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first
   fourteen days of December 2022. Special note should be taken if no new
   canary is published by that time or if the list of statements changes
   without plausible explanation.


Special announcements
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We plan to create a new Release Signing Key (RSK) [3] for Qubes OS 4.2.
Normally, we have only one RSK for each major release. However, for the
4.2 release, we will be using Qubes Builder version 2, which is a
complete rewrite of the Qubes Builder. Out of an abundance of caution,
we would like to isolate the build processes of the current stable 4.1
release and the upcoming 4.2 release from each other at the
cryptographic level in order to minimize the risk of a vulnerability in
one affecting the other. We are including this notice as a canary
special announcement since introducing a new RSK for a minor release is
an exception to our usual RSK management policy.


Disclaimers and notes
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We would like to remind you that Qubes OS has been designed under the
assumption that all relevant infrastructure is permanently compromised.
This means that we assume NO trust in any of the servers or services
which host or provide any Qubes-related data, in particular, software
updates, source code repositories, and Qubes ISO downloads.

This canary scheme is not infallible. Although signing the declaration
makes it very difficult for a third party to produce arbitrary
declarations, it does not prevent them from using force or other means,
like blackmail or compromising the signers' laptops, to coerce us to
produce false declarations.

The proof of freshness provided below serves to demonstrate that this
canary could not have been created prior to the date stated. It shows
that a series of canaries was not created in advance.

This declaration is merely a best effort and is provided without any
guarantee or warranty. It is not legally binding in any way to anybody.
None of the signers should be ever held legally responsible for any of
the statements made here.


Proof of freshness
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:47:47 +0000

Source: DER SPIEGEL - International (https://www.spiegel.de/international/index.rss)
Poland's Prime Minister on Ukraine War and Energy Crisis
Habeck's Meltdown: Nuclear Energy Standby Proposal Has Germany's Greens Seeing Red
European Commissioner Gentiloni: "The Coming Winter Could Be One of the Worst in History"
Russian Meddling in the Balkans: "Over and Over, Putin Says Kosovo, Kosovo, Kosovo!"
Laos and the New Silk Road: The Train to Dependence on China

Source: NYT > World News (https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml)
Ukraine’s Sudden Gains Prompt New Questions for Commanders
Russian Critics Speak Out, Prompted by Ukraine Losses
King Charles Pays Tribute to Queen Elizabeth on a Day Steeped in Tradition
Oppressive Blackouts Force Lebanese to Change Rhythm of Life
Ukraine Claims More Ground in Northeast and South

Source: BBC News - World (https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml)
Ukraine war: We retook 6,000 sq km from Russia in September, says Zelensky
Ukraine war: What will Russia's losses mean for Putin?
Ukraine war: A successful surprise attack - but danger still looms
Sweden election: Result could take days as vote too close to call
Taoiseach: Queen's death 'reminder to nurture UK-Ireland relations'

Source: Blockchain.info
00000000000000000002fb0e59c723277069b5389aa2df4b8ff6dc8d80da6ad4


Footnotes
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[1] This file should be signed in two ways: (1) via detached PGP
signatures by each of the signers, distributed together with this canary
in the qubes-secpack.git repo, and (2) via digital signatures on the
corresponding qubes-secpack.git repo tags. [2]

[2] Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the
digital signatures! Instructions for doing so are documented here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/security/pack/

[3] https://www.qubes-os.org/security/verifying-signatures/#how-to-import-and-authenticate-release-signing-keys

--
The Qubes Security Team
https://www.qubes-os.org/security/

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2022/09/14/canary-032/