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authorPatrick McDermott <pehjota>2018-06-24 22:27:14 (EDT)
committer Patrick McDermott <pehjota>2018-06-24 22:27:14 (EDT)
commitda74882bfe0a3cf57e2d4d0a4bbd726652879587 (patch)
tree3a2dacd75c4d2755d8d995931bfd703e7dc28cbe /dev
parent2307bbd7a858590b6ae21481a35be51352478062 (diff)
dev/archive/signing: Consider not distributing keys with prokit
Rely on existing PKI and leave keyring management to users.
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@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ key(s) into their keyring.
If keys are distributed with prokit, **revocations and key transitions need to
be handled somehow**.
+A user already has to import a key into their own keyring to verify their prokit
+download. Maybe it's better to just instruct users to also download the archive
+signing key(s) into their keyrings. This takes advantage of existing PKI, and
+leaves users to make sure their keyring is kept updated with signatures,
+revocations, changed expiration dates, and transitions. It also avoids having
+released prokit versions "expire" due to included keys expiring.
+
+Suggestions welcome.
+
Opkg
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