Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 227: Include package fingerprints in consensus documents

2014-02-21 Thread Georg Koppen
Georg Koppen: > Hmm... What happens in cases like the following: > > 4 authorities include a PACKAGENAME/VERSION pair with URL1 and DIGEST1 > and 4 other authorities include the same PACKAGENAME/VERSION pair with > URL2 and DIGEST2 and, say, 1 authority includes no such > PACKAGENAME/VERSION pair

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 227: Include package fingerprints in consensus documents

2014-02-21 Thread Georg Koppen
Hi, Nick Mathewson: > Here's a new proposal for a thing that Mike wants for TBB. Please review! [snip] > 2. Proposal > >We introduce a new line for inclusion in votes and consensuses. >Its format is: > > "package" SP PACKAGENAME SP VERSION SP URL SP DIGESTS NL > > PACKAGEN

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal 227: Include package fingerprints in consensus documents

2014-02-20 Thread Steven Murdoch
Hi Nick, This sounds related to an old idea I presented at PETS 2006: http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/07/13/protecting-software-distribution-with-a-cryptographic-build-process/ However there's an important difference. The proposal below is how the directory authorities advertise "good"

[tor-dev] Proposal 227: Include package fingerprints in consensus documents

2014-02-14 Thread Nick Mathewson
Here's a new proposal for a thing that Mike wants for TBB. Please review! Filename: 227-vote-on-package-fingerprints.txt Title: Include package fingerprints in consensus documents Author: Nick Mathewson, Mike Perry Created: 2014-02-14 Status: Open 0. Abstract We propose extending the Tor co