X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FTODO;h=e50da4dd1de55be70ec231905cb238b4fc2469a6;hb=95ab38905ecc678d8256363e228bca20eb0334a0;hp=5cd9be9cb8784521e652237e484e53fe7376a399;hpb=86e9e0e3fd03db1770857990882d955954a5265b;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 5cd9be9..e50da4d 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -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? @@ -26,41 +23,14 @@ Streamline host key generation, publication, verification. See doc/george/host-key-publication for what dkg went through on 2008-06-19 -Streamline authorized_user_ids setup (including question of where - authorized_user_ids files should go). See - doc/george/user-id-configuration 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 there are no entries in the authorized_user_ids file - for a user? /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/$USER.tmp - seems like it gets created and then left there. - -What happens when a user account has no corresponding - /etc/monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids/$USER file? What gets placed - in /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/$USER? It looks - currently untouched, which could mean bad things for such a user. - Consider the default permissions for - /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/* (and indeed the whole + /var/lib/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/* (and indeed the whole directory path leading up to that) -What should happen when an admin does - "monkeysphere-server update-users not_an_existent_user"? - currently, it adds - /etc/monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids/not_an_existent_user, which - seems rather wrong. - -is /var/cache/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/$USER.tmp guaranteed to - avoid collisions? Why not use a real mktemp file? - -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. @@ -120,5 +90,20 @@ 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. + +File bug against enigmail about lack of ability to create subkeys. + +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. + +Test and document what happens when any filesystem that the + monkeysphere-server relies on and modifies (/tmp, /etc, and /var?) + fills up. + +Optimize keyserver access, particularly on monkeysphere-server + update-users -- is there a way to query the keyserver all in a + chunk?