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GLEP: 63 |
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Title: Gentoo OpenPGP policies |
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Author: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o>, |
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Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o>, |
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Marissa Fischer <blogtodiffer@×××××.com> |
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Type: Standards Track |
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Status: Final |
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Version: 2 |
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Created: 2013-02-18 |
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Last-Modified: 2018-07-04 |
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Post-History: 2013-11-10 |
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Content-Type: text/x-rst |
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Credits |
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Many developers and external sources helped in this GLEP. |
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Abstract |
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This GLEP provides both a minimum requirement and a recommended set of |
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OpenPGP key management policies for the Gentoo Linux distribution. |
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Changes |
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v2 |
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The recommended key expiration rules have been moved to the minimal |
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specification. Changing the expiration date of existing keys is possible |
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in-place so there is no need to provide for transitional 'minimum' value. |
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An additional rule requesting key renewal 2 weeks before expiration |
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has been added. This is in order to give services and other developers time |
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to refresh the key. |
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The usage of DSA keys has been disallowed. |
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v1.1 |
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The recommended RSA key size has been changed from 4096 bits |
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to 2048 bits to match the GnuPG recommendations [#GNUPG-FAQ-11-4]_. |
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The larger recommendation was unjustified and resulted in people |
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unnecessarily replacing their RSA-2048 keys. |
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Minimal specification has been amended to allow for ECC keys. |
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The option of using DSA subkey has been removed from recommendations. |
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The section now specifies a single recommendation of using RSA. |
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Motivation |
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Given the increasing use and importance of cryptographic protocols in internet |
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transactions of any kind, unified requirements for OpenPGP keys used in Gentoo |
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Linux development are sorely needed. This document provides both a set of |
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bare minimum requirements and a set of best practice recommendations for |
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the use of GnuPG (or other OpenPGP providers) by Gentoo Linux developers. |
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It is intended to provide a basis for future improvements such as, e.g., |
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consistent ebuild or package signing and verifying by end users. |
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Specifications for OpenPGP keys |
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Bare minimum requirements |
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This section specifies obligatory requirements for all OpenPGP keys used |
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to commit to Gentoo. Keys that do not conform to those requirements can |
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not be used to commit. |
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1. SHA2-series output digest (SHA1 digests internally permitted), |
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256bit or more:: |
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personal-digest-preferences SHA256 |
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2. Signing subkey that is different from the primary key, and does not |
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have any other capabilities enabled. |
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3. Primary key and the signing subkey are both of type EITHER: |
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a. RSA, >=2048 bits (OpenPGP v4 key format or later only) |
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b. ECC, curve 25519 |
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4. Key expiration: |
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a. Primary key: 3 years maximum |
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b. Signing subkey: 1 year maximum |
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5. Key expiration date renewed at least 2 weeks before the previous |
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expiration date. |
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6. Upload your key to the SKS keyserver rotation before usage! |
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Recommendations |
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This section specifies the best practices for Gentoo developers. |
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The developers should follow those practices unless there is a strong |
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technical reason not to (e.g. hardware limitations, necessity of replacing |
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their primary key). |
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1. Copy ``/usr/share/gnupg/gpg-conf.skel`` to ``~/.gnupg/gpg.conf``, append |
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the following block:: |
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keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net |
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emit-version |
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default-recipient-self |
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# -- All of the below portion from the RiseUp.net OpenPGP best practices, and |
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# -- many of them are also in the Debian GPG documentation. |
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# when outputting certificates, view user IDs distinctly from keys: |
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fixed-list-mode |
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# long keyids are more collision-resistant than short keyids (it's trivial to make a key |
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# with any desired short keyid) |
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# NOTE: this breaks kmail gnupg support! |
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keyid-format 0xlong |
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# when multiple digests are supported by all recipients, choose the strongest one: |
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personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 |
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# preferences chosen for new keys should prioritize stronger algorithms: |
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default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 SHA224 AES256 AES192 AES CAST5 BZIP2 ZLIB ZIP Uncompressed |
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# If you use a graphical environment (and even if you don't) you should be using an agent: |
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# (similar arguments as https://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/64) |
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use-agent |
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# You should always know at a glance which User IDs gpg thinks are legitimately bound to |
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# the keys in your keyring: |
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verify-options show-uid-validity |
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list-options show-uid-validity |
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# include an unambiguous indicator of which key made a signature: |
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# (see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.notmuch.general/3721/focus=7234) |
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# (and http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/openpgp/current/msg00405.html) |
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sig-notation issuer-fpr@×××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××.net=%g |
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# when making an OpenPGP certification, use a stronger digest than the default SHA1: |
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cert-digest-algo SHA256 |
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2. Primary key and the signing subkey are both of type RSA, 2048 bits |
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(OpenPGP v4 key format or later) |
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3. Key expiration renewal: |
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a. Primary key: annual |
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b. Signing subkey: every 6 months |
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4. Create a revocation certificate & store it hardcopy offsite securely |
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(it's about ~300 bytes). |
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5. Encrypted backup of your secret keys. |
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Gentoo LDAP |
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All Gentoo developers must list the complete fingerprint for their primary |
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keys in the "``gpgfingerprint``" LDAP field. It must be exactly 40 hex digits, |
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uppercase, with optional spaces every 8 hex digits. Regular expression for |
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validation:: |
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^([[:space:]]*[[:xdigit:]]{8}){5}$ |
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The prior "``gpgkey``" field will be removed, as it is a subset |
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of the fingerprint field. In any place that presently displays |
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the "``gpgkey``" field, the last 16 hex digits of the fingerprint should |
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be displayed instead. |
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Backwards Compatibility |
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There is no consistent standard for GPG usage in Gentoo to date. There is |
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conflicting information in the Devmanual [#DEVMANUAL-MANIFEST]_ and the GnuPG |
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Gentoo user guide [#GNUPG-USER]_. As there is little enforcement of Manifest |
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signing and very little commit signing to date, there are no backwards |
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compatibility concerns. |
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External documentation |
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Much of the above was driven by the following: |
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* NIST SP 800-57 recommendations [#NISTSP800571]_, [#NISTSP800572]_ |
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* Debian GPG documentation [#DEBIANGPG]_ |
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* RiseUp.net OpenPGP best practices [#RISEUP]_ |
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* ENISA Algorithms, Key Sizes and Parameters Report 2013 [#ENISA2013]_ |
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References |
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.. [#GNUPG-FAQ-11-4] GnuPG FAQ: Why doesn’t GnuPG default to using RSA-4096? |
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(https://www.gnupg.org/faq/gnupg-faq.html#no_default_of_rsa4096) |
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.. [#DEBIANGPG] Debian GPG documentation |
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(https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning) |
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.. [#EKAIA] Ana's blog: Creating a new GPG key |
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(http://ekaia.org/blog/2009/05/10/creating-new-gpgkey/) |
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.. [#RISEUP] RiseUp.net OpenPGP best practices |
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(https://help.riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices) |
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.. [#DEVMANUAL-MANIFEST] Gentoo Development Guide: Manifest |
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(http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/manifest/index.html) |
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.. [#GNUPG-USER] GnuPG Gentoo User Guide |
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(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gnupg-user.xml) |
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.. [#NISTSP800571] NIST SP 800-57: Recommendation for Key Management: |
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Part 1: General (Revision 3) |
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(http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-57/sp800-57_part1_rev3_general.pdf) |
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.. [#NISTSP800572] NIST SP 800-57: Recommendation for Key Management: |
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Part 2: Best Practices for Key Management Organization |
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(http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-57/SP800-57-Part2.pdf) |
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.. [#ISSUER-ANNOTATE] Including the entire fingerprint of the issuer |
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in an OpenPGP certification |
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(http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.notmuch.general/3721/focus=7234) |
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.. [#ENISA2013] ENISA Algorithms, Key Sizes and Parameters Report, |
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2013 recommendations, version 1.0 (October 2013) |
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(https://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/identity-and-trust/library/deliverables/algorithms-key-sizes-and-parameters-report) |
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Copyright |
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Copyright (c) 2013 by Robin Hugh Johnson, Andreas K. Hüttel, Marissa Fischer. |
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 |
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Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |