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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:23:47
Message-Id: 201109291223.09032.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing by Patrick Lauer
1 On Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:11:59 Patrick Lauer wrote:
2 > On 09/29/11 17:04, Tony "Chainsaw" Vroon wrote:
3 > > On 29/09/11 16:02, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
4 > >> Is there any chance that we can agree to reject
5 > >> unsigned manifests? Possibly a question for the Council to adjudicate?
6 > >
7 > > I am happy to back a mandatory signing policy for the main gentoo-x86
8 > > tree. This is a simple yes or no question that the council can vote on.
9 >
10 > As previously discussed it would be nice to have some basic key policies
11 > in place for that - they can be changed at any later time, but for now
12 > we could agree on basic parameters like, say -
13 >
14 > at least 1024bit key length
15 > at least 6 months validity from creation
16 > one or more algorithms (initially DSA signatures and SHA1 hashing)
17
18 there's nothing to decide as it was already outlined long ago in the docs:
19 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=6
20
21 if you want to *refine* that, then that's a different issue. but the devs
22 already have all the info they need to start signing now.
23 -mike

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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Manifest signing "Mr. Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o>