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Dnia 2015-05-16, o godz. 23:48:01 |
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Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl@g.o> napisał(a): |
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> On 15 May 2015 at 17:51, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Please note that the current syncing code does not verify the OpenPGP |
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> > signature to confirm the authenticity of fetched snapshots and deltas. |
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> > This feature will be added as soon as gentoo-keys support in Portage is |
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> > available. |
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> These are great news! |
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> We can retire the webrsync. |
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> Why not sign it similar to the portage snapshot are signed for now? |
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> The webrsync signature validation is quite simple. |
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All signing is in place already for a long time. Just the verification |
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code is missing, and it wasn't added because I was told to wait for |
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gentoo-keys. |
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> Just a reminder: please note the rollback prevention mechanism in |
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> webrsync, it is not enough to check signature, but also prevent older |
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> snapshot to be used. |
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Truth be told, the squashdelta syncing wasn't really made with rollback |
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prevention in mind. I can't think immediately of any solution that |
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would prevent accidental rollback while preserving the intended |
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flexibility. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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