X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FTODO;h=71b9582273d3f77c441286a4be6db732f2af7326;hb=bee2295c0e205787584788d1e611e92ec6b0fe96;hp=6125fea3aa4deae2a52f17c10d59a1e2b3a12d4f;hpb=a7275bfcb21bccff64ccc544676406cb6318a021;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 6125fea..71b9582 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,6 +1,55 @@ Next-Steps Monkeysphere Projects: --------------------------------- +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? + +Handle multiple hostnames (multiple user IDs?) when generating host + keys with gen-key. + +Work out the details (and describe a full use case) for assigning a + REVOKER during monkeysphere-server gen_key -- how is this set? How + do we export it so it's available when a second-party revocation is + needed? + +Actually enable server hostkey publication. + +Streamline host key generation, publication, verification. See + doc/george/host-key-publication for what dkg went through on + 2008-06-19 + +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 + 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. + Provide a friendly interactive UI for marginal or failing client-side hostkey verifications. Handle the common cases smoothly, and provide good debugging info for the unusual cases. @@ -37,3 +86,30 @@ Make it easier to do domain-relative ssh host trust signatures with "tsign" in gpg(1). Fix the order of questions when user does a tsign in gpg or gpg2. + +File bug against ssh-keygen about how "-R" option removes comments + from known_hosts file. + +File bug against ssh-keygen to see if we can get it to write to hash a + known_hosts file to/from stdout/stdin. + +Add environment variables sections to man pages. + +Environment variable scoping. + +Move environment variable precedence before conf file. + +When using ssh-proxycommand, if only host keys found are expired or + revoked, then output loud warning with prompt, or fail hard. + +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. + +File bug against enigmail about lack of ability to create subkeys.