X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Fbugs%2Fhandle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn;h=b66e4c7a98401523d368176ea2e5e8910749d744;hb=6d4dbe49e803c76d1c8ac3550aff6c246a251371;hp=a61b5ba369317eb8a367007fa96cd3f87f0e7dd8;hpb=f672b68d7d43e4e8bd57b72a1bf9788dd52e728b;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn b/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn index a61b5ba..b66e4c7 100644 --- a/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn +++ b/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ work for reasonable values of `$KEYID`: (cd "$TMPDIR" && ssh-add -c "$kname") rm -rf "$TMPDIR" +Good news! [I've crafted a patch for GnuTLS to enable it to read +exported subkeys using this GNU +extension](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-08/msg00005.html), +so if we can get it incorporated into upstream (and/or into debian), +we have a possible solution, as long as the authentication key is a +subkey, and not a primary key. + --------- Ben Laurie and Rachel Willmer's