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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:23:08PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:11:59 Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> > On 09/29/11 17:04, Tony "Chainsaw" Vroon wrote: |
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> > > On 29/09/11 16:02, Anthony G. Basile wrote: |
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> > >> Is there any chance that we can agree to reject |
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> > >> unsigned manifests? Possibly a question for the Council to adjudicate? |
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> > > |
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> > > I am happy to back a mandatory signing policy for the main gentoo-x86 |
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> > > tree. This is a simple yes or no question that the council can vote on. |
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> > |
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> > As previously discussed it would be nice to have some basic key policies |
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> > in place for that - they can be changed at any later time, but for now |
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> > we could agree on basic parameters like, say - |
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> > |
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> > at least 1024bit key length |
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> > at least 6 months validity from creation |
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> > one or more algorithms (initially DSA signatures and SHA1 hashing) |
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> there's nothing to decide as it was already outlined long ago in the docs: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=6 |
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> if you want to *refine* that, then that's a different issue. but the devs |
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> already have all the info they need to start signing now. |
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> -mike |
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Well, there's a bit more to it than that. 'repoman' must enforce the usage |
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of keys or die if it can't. Further, it needs to allow the selection of a |
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key if it can't determine which to use. I was hit by this last |
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night. Instead of dying and saying that I chose to sign but it couldn't |
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determine which secret key to use (I recently generated a new key), it |
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just disabled FEATURES="sign" and committed anyway. |
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Also, the Dev Handbook only says 'can', it needs to be changed to |
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'must'. I'd also drop the bit about expiration. Instead, I'd change it to |
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read "expires no sooner than 6 months". You know, to give the key a moment |
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to be recognized by some people, perhaps even marginally trusted by |
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someone. What really matters is that it is an unexpired, valid key. |
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Mr. Aaron W. Swenson |
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Pseudonym: TitanOfOld |
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