Master Signing Keys
This page lists the Arch Linux Master Keys. This is a distributed set of keys that are seen as "official" signing keys of the distribution. Each key is held by a different developer, and a revocation certificate for the key is held by a different developer. Thus, no one developer has absolute hold on any sort of absolute, root trust.
The 5 keys listed below should be regarded as the current set of master keys. They are available on public keyservers and should be signed by the owner of the key.
| Master Key | Full Fingerprint | Owner | Owner's Signing Key | Revoker | Revoker's Signing Key | Developer/TU Keys Signed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x6AC6A4C2 | 0E8B 6440 79F5 99DF C1DD C397 3348 882F 6AC6 A4C2 | Pierre Schmitz | 0x9741E8AC | Ronald van Haren | 0x8406FFF3 | 54 |
| 0x824B18E8 | 6841 48BB 25B4 9E98 6A49 44C5 5184 252D 824B 18E8 | Thomas Bächler | 0x8E4B1A25 | Tobias Powalowski | 0x7EDF681F | 52 |
| 0x4C7EA887 | 44D4 A033 AC14 0143 9273 97D4 7EFD 567D 4C7E A887 | Ionuț Mircea Bîru | 0x615137BC | Gaetan Bisson | 0x00F0D0F0 | 54 |
| 0xFFF979E7 | AB19 265E 5D7D 2068 7D30 3246 BA1D FB64 FFF9 79E7 | Allan McRae | 0xEAE999BD | Dave Reisner | 0xF56C0C53 | 52 |
| 0xCDFD6BB0 | 27FF C476 9E19 F096 D41D 9265 A04F 9397 CDFD 6BB0 | Dan McGee | 0xF53A76ED | Florian Pritz | 0x4CE1C13E | 26 |
The following table shows all active developers and trusted users along with the status of their personal signing key. A 'Yes' indicates that the personal key of the developer is signed by the given master key. A 'No' indicates it has not been signed; however, this does not necessarily mean the key should not be trusted.
All official Arch Linux developers and trusted users should have their key signed by at least three master keys if they are responsible for packaging software in the repositories. This is in accordance with the PGP web of trust concept. If a user is willing to marginally trust all of the master keys, three signatures from different master keys will consider a given developer's key as valid. For more information on trust, please consult the GNU Privacy Handbook and Using trust to validate keys.
| Developer | PGP Key | Pierre Schmitz 0x6AC6A4C2 |
Thomas Bächler 0x824B18E8 |
Ionuț Mircea Bîru 0x4C7EA887 |
Allan McRae 0xFFF979E7 |
Dan McGee 0xCDFD6BB0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Griffin | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No |
| Alexander Rødseth | 0x5CF9C8D4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Allan McRae | 0xEAE999BD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Andrea Scarpino | 0xD30DB0AD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Andreas Radke | 0x0F2A092B | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Balló György | 0x0901C163 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Bartłomiej Piotrowski | 0x487328A9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chris Brannon | 0x6521E06D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connor Behan | 0xB47A0DAB | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Dan McGee | 0xF53A76ED | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Daniel Isenmann | 0xB4440678 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Dave Reisner | 0xF56C0C53 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dieter Plaetinck | 0x1985A992 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Eric Bélanger | 0x9205AC90 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Evangelos Foutras | 0xA9999C34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Florian Pritz | 0x4CE1C13E | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gaetan Bisson | 0x00F0D0F0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gavin Bisesi | 0x99AD6E84 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Giovanni Scafora | 0xF04569AE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Guillaume Alaux | 0x215B37AD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ike Devolder | 0x796CA067 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ionuț Mircea Bîru | 0x615137BC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jakob Gruber | 0x91B842AE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jakob Wadsager | 0xAF924463 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Jan de Groot | 0x3B94FA10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jan Steffens | 0x4FA415FA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jaroslav Lichtblau | 0x013C2580 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jelle van der Waa | 0x7C50773E | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jonathan Conder | 0x3CFD4BB6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Jürgen Hötzel | 0x589874AB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Justin Davis | 0x983D4366 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kaiting Chen | 0xD21E1A55 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kyle Keen | 0xBAB142C1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Laurent Carlier | 0xD1CEDDAC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lukas Fleischer | 0x9326B440 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lukas Jirkovsky | 0xF1D357C1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Massimiliano Torromeo | 0xDA2EE423 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Peter Lewis | 0xE19DAA50 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Pierre Schmitz | 0x9741E8AC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ray Rashif | 0xC0711BF1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Rémy Oudompheng | 0x2D1493D2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ronald van Haren | 0x8406FFF3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sébastien Luttringer | 0x2072D77A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sergej Pupykin | 0xEA433FC7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| speps | 0xF27FB7DA | No | No | No | No | No |
| Stéphane Gaudreault | 0xAB441196 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sven-Hendrik Haase | 0xE62EB915 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Thomas Bächler | 0x8E4B1A25 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thomas Dziedzic | 0x0C84C0A5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Thorsten Töpper | 0x295AFBF4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Timothy Redaelli | 0x3C4F88BC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Tobias Powalowski | 0x7EDF681F | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tom Gundersen | 0x06361833 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vesa Kaihlavirta | 0x437520BD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Xyne | 0xC2E5C0D2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Роман Кирилич | 0x70E80477 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |