On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 08:59:40PM +0100, Björn Persson wrote: > Josh Boyer wrote: > > > We may want to replace it with a simple Web Key Directory server: > > > https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD > > > > > > That would make it easy to lookup keys based on @fedoraproject.org > > > email addresses, and since keys can be replaced in the directory, it > > > avoids the problems with SKS attacks. > > > > I don't see that being valuable enough to actually invest the effort > > into doing it and maintaining it long term. If others are interested > > in hosting such a service, that would likely be welcome. > > If such others were to step up to do the work, would they be able to > get the access needed to run it on Fedora infrastructure and integrate > with FAS? Fas is on life support mode, but something could be added to the new coming account system interface. > > Note that a Web Key Directory can't be run as a third-party service. > It's a fundamental feature of the protocol that the directory server > exists in the same domain as the email address. Technically a subdomain > could be delegated, but this isn't a thing that should be tossed up on > the first cloud service handy, because an intruder in the server would > be able to replace people's keys and impersonate them. keys.openpgp.org offers a WKD as a service thing: https://keys.openpgp.org/about/usage > > I think a Web Key Directory server would be good for the Fedora > Project's security, but it should run on hardware under the Fedora > Project's control. Possibly. I'm really not sure how much it would be used. kevin
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