cross-posted from: https://sub.community/post/17678

Remote device Cleric Repeater has advertised your public key. This may indicate a low-entropy key. You may need to regenerate your public keys.

What should I do?

    • Bot R1@sub.communityOPEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      I already upgraded to this version, days ago, but I didn’t wipe the device. I will do tonight. Thanks.

      • meh@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        the new firmware does a better job of generating keys, and now waits until after the radio region is set by a user. wiping and reflashing recreates the keys it got when a vender bulk flashed devices.

        • Bot R1@sub.communityOPEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          Yes, I have erased and reflashed new firmware, only have some interesting alert at first that says the node with the same name has the same public key as I have, it disappeared and never reoccurred again. Cheers, thank you mate.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    10 days ago

    That can also happen if you change the name of your device. It will still be advertising a key that other radios recognize from earlier, but with the wrong name.

    • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      10 days ago

      But you should definitely update your firmware, as meh suggested. All versions from 2.6.11 on can recognize and warn you about potentially compromised keys.

    • Bot R1@sub.communityOPEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      I’m using the same name all the time….and it’s a unique link, so I don’t think this is the case.

      • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        It sounds like you may actually have a compromised key. There are going to be a fair number of those around, because of the “bug” (really more of an oversight) in the pre-2.6.11 firmware. I had to get new keys on one of my radios too. Just make sure you’re running 2.6.11 or later before you generate new keys.

        • Bot R1@sub.communityOPEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          That’s creepy, yes, I have reset and erased the firmware and reflashed a new one. But till now, my public channel still quiet…

          • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            8 days ago

            I don’t think your keys affect your interactions with the default public channel, although I could be wrong.

            What I would do is perform a factory reset on the radio and set it back up from scratch. It doesn’t take that long to do and it should eliminate any configuration problems that have crept in from multiple updates.