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[taler-docs] branch master updated: rename of helpers to secmod


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Subject: [taler-docs] branch master updated: rename of helpers to secmod
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:58:40 +0100

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new a7f964d  rename of helpers to secmod
a7f964d is described below

commit a7f964d3440a5f8cbb877b0081209befac4a6476
Author: Florian Dold <florian@dold.me>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 17 19:58:29 2021 +0100

    rename of helpers to secmod
---
 manpages/taler.conf.5.rst |  4 ++--
 taler-exchange-manual.rst | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manpages/taler.conf.5.rst b/manpages/taler.conf.5.rst
index 4c8b70b..6287557 100644
--- a/manpages/taler.conf.5.rst
+++ b/manpages/taler.conf.5.rst
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ KEY_DIR
 UNIXPATH
   On which path should the security module listen for signing requests?
 
-Note that the **taler-exchange-helper-rsa** also evaluates the ``[coin_*]``
+Note that the **taler-exchange-secmod-rsa** also evaluates the ``[coin_*]``
 configuration sections described below.
 
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ EXCHANGE COIN OPTIONS
 The following options must be in sections starting with ``"[coin_]"`` and are
 largely used by **taler-exchange-httpd** to determine the meta data for the
 denomination keys.  Some of the options are used by the
-**taler-exchange-helper-rsa** to determine which RSA keys to create (and of
+**taler-exchange-secmod-rsa** to determine which RSA keys to create (and of
 what key length).  Note that the section names must match, so this part of the
 configuration MUST be shared between the RSA helper and the exchange.
 Configuration values MUST NOT be changed in a running setup. Instead, if
diff --git a/taler-exchange-manual.rst b/taler-exchange-manual.rst
index 419dd52..d9709e0 100644
--- a/taler-exchange-manual.rst
+++ b/taler-exchange-manual.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ components:
    binary is the ``taler-exchange-httpd``.
 
 -  Crypto-Helpers
-   The ``taler-exchange-helper-rsa`` and ``taler-exchange-helper-eddsa``
+   The ``taler-exchange-secmod-rsa`` and ``taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa``
    are two programs that are responsible for managing the exchange's
    online signing keys. They must run on the same machine as the
    ``taler-exchange-httpd`` as the HTTP frontend communicates with the
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ Online signing key security
 
 To provide an additional level of protection for the private *online* signing
 keys used by the exchange, the actual cryptographic signing operations are
-performed by two helper processes, the ``taler-exchange-helper-rsa`` and the
-``taler-exchange-helper-eddsa``.
+performed by two helper processes, the ``taler-exchange-secmod-rsa`` and the
+``taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa``.
 
 The current implementation does not yet support the use of a hardware security
 module (HSM).  If you have such a device with adequate functionality and are
@@ -495,11 +495,11 @@ See :doc:`manpages/taler.conf.5` for information on 
*duration* values
 and ``OVERLAP_DURATION`` and ``DURATION`` below).
 Additionally, there are two global configuration options of note:
 
--  ``[taler-helper-crypto-rsa/OVERLAP_DURATION]``: What is the overlap of the
+-  ``[taler-exchange-secmod-rsa/OVERLAP_DURATION]``: What is the overlap of the
    withdrawal timespan for denomination keys?  The value given here must
    be smaller than any of the ``DURATION_WITHDRAW`` values for any of the 
coins.
 
--  ``[taler-helper-crypto-rsa/LOOKAHEAD_SIGN]``: For how far into the future
+-  ``[taler-exchange-secmod-rsa/LOOKAHEAD_SIGN]``: For how far into the future
    should denomination keys be pre-generated?  This allows the exchange and
    auditor operators to download, offline-sign, and upload denomination key
    signatures for denomination keys that will be used in the future by the
@@ -527,16 +527,16 @@ Sign keys
 
 There are three global configuration options of note for sign keys:
 
--  ``[taler-helper-crypto-eddsa/DURATION]``: How long are sign keys
+-  ``[taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa/DURATION]``: How long are sign keys
    used to sign messages? After this time interval expires, a fresh
    sign key will be used (key rotation).  We recommend using
    a ``DURATION`` of a few weeks to a few months for sign keys.
 
--  ``[taler-helper-crypto-eddsa/OVERLAP_DURATION]``: What is the overlap of the
+-  ``[taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa/OVERLAP_DURATION]``: What is the overlap of 
the
    timespan for sign keys?  We recommend a few minutes or hours.  Must
    be smaller than ``DURATION``.
 
--  ``[taler-helper-crypto-eddsa/LOOKAHEAD_SIGN]``: For how far into the future
+-  ``[taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa/LOOKAHEAD_SIGN]``: For how far into the 
future
    should sign keys be pre-generated?  This allows the exchange and
    auditor operators to download, offline-sign, and upload sign key
    signatures for sign keys that will be used in the future by the exchange.
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ Launching an exchange
 
 A running exchange requires starting the following processes:
 
--   ``taler-exchange-helper-rsa`` (as special user, sharing group with the 
HTTPD)
--   ``taler-exchange-helper-eddsa`` (as special user, sharing group with the 
HTTPD)
--   ``taler-exchange-helper-httpd`` (needs database access)
+-   ``taler-exchange-secmod-rsa`` (as special user, sharing group with the 
HTTPD)
+-   ``taler-exchange-secmod-eddsa`` (as special user, sharing group with the 
HTTPD)
+-   ``taler-exchange-httpd`` (needs database access)
 -   ``taler-exchange-aggregator`` (only needs database access)
 -   ``taler-exchange-closer`` (only needs database access)
 -   ``taler-exchange-wirewatch`` (needs bank account read credentials and 
database access)

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