Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-22 Thread grarpamp
re: git, signed commits, log verification, etc Monotone supports a good bit of PKI within it... http://monotone.ca/ ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-16 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:48 PM, zooko zo...@zooko.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 08:28:27AM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: It think we need a different approach to source code management. Get rid of user authentication completely, passwords and SSH are both a fragile approach.

[Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-08 Thread Tim Newsham
Jumping in to this a little late, but: Q: Could the NSA be intercepting downloads of open-source encryption software and silently replacing these with their own versions? A: (Schneier) Yes, I believe so. perhaps, but they would risk being noticed. Some people check file hashes when

Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-08 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Tim Newsham tim.news...@gmail.com wrote: Jumping in to this a little late, but: Q: Could the NSA be intercepting downloads of open-source encryption software and silently replacing these with their own versions? A: (Schneier) Yes, I believe so.

Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-08 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 07:42:33PM -1000, Tim Newsham wrote: Jumping in to this a little late, but: Q: Could the NSA be intercepting downloads of open-source encryption software and silently replacing these with their own versions? A: (Schneier) Yes, I believe so. perhaps, but they

Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

2013-09-08 Thread Ray Dillinger
On 09/08/2013 05:28 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: every code update to the repository should be signed and recorded in an append only log and the log should be public and enable any party to audit the set of updates at any time. This would be 'Code Transparency'. Problem is we would need to