From 56d6185075f3416b60d5cd3dcebd8cae28ec4295 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:01:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added note about GnuTLS patch for "gnu-dummy" S2K extension --- website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.25.1