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author | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-06-24 00:38:03 -0400 |
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committer | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-06-24 00:38:03 -0400 |
commit | 7d02db7106da26f7705563297544a4ba1edfc71b (patch) | |
tree | 59a188d94a3a26c65cd0fc5010d4e39fed10d39b /doc/TODO | |
parent | 014bf21eae8b5358d0fc10c92c065e5a5deadab5 (diff) |
Move to /var/lib/monkeysphere instead of /var/cache/monkeysphere.
Improve ms-server update-user function. Update/fix config files to
remove some unwanted configs, and clarify some things.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/TODO')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/TODO | 28 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 27 deletions
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ Detail advantages of monkeysphere: detail the race conditions in ssh, and how the monkeysphere can help you reduce these threat vectors: threat model reduction diagrams. -Determine how openssh handles multiple processes writing to - known_hosts/authorized_keys files (lockfile, atomic appends?) - Handle unverified monkeysphere hosts in such a way that they're not always removed from known_hosts file. Ask user to lsign the host key? @@ -30,22 +27,10 @@ Ensure that authorized_user_ids are under as tight control as ssh expects from authorized_keys: we don't want monkeysphere to be a weak link in the filesystem. -What happens when a user account has no corresponding - /etc/monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids/$USER file? What gets placed - in /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/$USER? It looks - currently untouched, which could mean bad things for such a user. - - if authorized_user_ids is empty, then the user's authorized_keys - file will be also, unless the user-controlled authorized_keys file - is added. I believe this is expected, correct behavior. - Consider the default permissions for - /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/* (and indeed the whole + /var/lib/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/* (and indeed the whole directory path leading up to that) -As an administrator, how do i reverse the effect of a - "monkeysphere-server trust-keys" that i later decide i should not - have run? - Make sure alternate ports are handled for known_hosts. Script to import private key into ssh agent. @@ -105,9 +90,6 @@ When using ssh-proxycommand, if only host keys found are expired or Update monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand man page with new keyserver checking policy info. -Update monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand man page with info about - no-connect option. - File bug against seahorse about how, when creating new primary keys, it presents option for "RSA (sign only)" but then creates an "esca" key. @@ -118,18 +100,10 @@ Privilege separation: monkeysphere user to handle authn keyring and generate authorized_keys file (which would be moved into place by root). Host keyring would be owned by root. -Check permissions of authorized_user_ids file to be writable only by - user and root (same as authorized_keys) - -Improve function that sets owner trust for keys in server keychain. - Test and document what happens when any filesystem that the monkeysphere-server relies on and modifies (/tmp, /etc, and /var?) fills up. -Consider moving monkeysphere-managed files (gpg homedirs? temporary - files?) into /var. - Optimize keyserver access, particularly on monkeysphere-server update-users -- is there a way to query the keyserver all in a chunk? |