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Re: [Monotone-devel] public/private key hashes
From: |
Timothy Brownawell |
Subject: |
Re: [Monotone-devel] public/private key hashes |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:48:34 +0000 |
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.
--
Timothy
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