From 176356a2ec9662e5500f82d13dd74ace785b786f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:16:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added proposed resolution to "seckey2sshagent in /usr/bin" bug --- .../bugs/install-seckey2sshagent-in-usr-bin.mdwn | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/bugs/install-seckey2sshagent-in-usr-bin.mdwn b/website/bugs/install-seckey2sshagent-in-usr-bin.mdwn index 5b19b13..0163727 100644 --- a/website/bugs/install-seckey2sshagent-in-usr-bin.mdwn +++ b/website/bugs/install-seckey2sshagent-in-usr-bin.mdwn @@ -25,3 +25,19 @@ part about verifying you to a server. Then it could say: if you're really interested, you can run this hacky script but we make no guarantees. -- Sir Jam Jam + +--- + +I just realized that i think i can test for the presence of [GNU-dummy +support in +GnuTLS](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-08/msg00005.html), +which means that we can cleanly test whether the proposed [handling of +passphrase-locked secret +keys](bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys/) is functional. With +that in mind, I'd like to propose that we could resolve this bug +simply by adding a new subcommand: `monkeysphere authkey-to-agent`, +which would fail in the absence of a functionally-patched GnuTLS. + +Would this proposal be sufficient to resolve this bug? + +--dkg -- 2.25.1