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Re: [Monotone-devel] public/private key hashes


From: Zack Weinberg
Subject: Re: [Monotone-devel] public/private key hashes
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:58 -0700

The idea makes a whole lot of sense to me.  I don't know what's out
there depending on the automate output, though.

zw

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Timothy Brownawell <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 16:55 +0000, Timothy Brownawell wrote:
>> There are a few places that output private-key hashes:
>>    automate genkey
>>    automate keys
>>    ls keys
>>
>> The private key hash doesn't really identify the private half of a
>> particular keypair, because it's of the encrypted (depends on passphrase
>> and some randomization) form.
>>
>> We also don't store bare private keys any more, when written out they
>> always include the public half as well.
>>
>> Does anyone object to removing privkey hashes completely, and using the
>> hash of the public half instead? Mostly this would mean that "automate
>> keys" and "automate genkey" stanzas would have one "hash [...]" line
>> instead of "public_hash [...]" and "private_hash [...]" lines.
>
> This is in revision c8284bfdadeae01d02c71956fa7f5cc69f7e1d80 on
> net.venge.monotone.no-privkey-hashes if anyone wants to look at it. I'm
> thinking I'll merge it shortly after the release.
>
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