get OpenPGP pubkeys authenticated using German personal ID

Jacob Bachmeyer jcb62281 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 3 02:56:15 CEST 2023


Alexander Leidinger via Gnupg-users wrote:
> [...]
>
> I don't remember if there was a challenge/response or not. As I still 
> have the email with the signed key, I can tell that the signature can 
> arrive via a TLS encrypted SMTP channel directly from governicus (and 
> they have a SPF setup but not DKIM):
> ---snip---
>
> Received: from smtp.governikus.de (smtp.governikus.de [194.31.70.126])
>  (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)
>   key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256
>   client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256)
>  (Client CN "VPR-BOS004.dmz.bosnetz.de", Issuer "VPR-BOS004.dmz.bosnetz.de" (not verified))
>   
>
> ---snip---
>

Am I misreading that header or does Governikus' outgoing SMTP have a 
self-signed client certificate for 'VPR-BOS004.dmz.bosnetz.de'?  That 
does not inspire confidence...


-- Jacob




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