[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#64838: [PATCH] home: Add parcimonie service.
From: |
Efraim Flashner |
Subject: |
bug#64838: [PATCH] home: Add parcimonie service. |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Sep 2023 11:21:55 +0300 |
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 10:32:23PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:
>
> > * gnu/home/services/gnupg.scm (home-parcimonie-service-type,
> > home-parcimonie-configuration): New variables.
> > * doc/guix.texi (GNU Privacy Guard): Document it.
>
> Very nice!
>
> > +The @code{parcimonie} service runs a daemon that slowly refreshes a GnuPG
> > +public key from a keyserver. Its refreshes one key at a time; between
> > every
> ^
> “It”
>
> > +key update parcimonie sleeps a random amount of time, long enough for the
> > +previously used Tor circuit to expire. This process is meant to make it
> > hard
> > +for an attacker to correlate the multiple performed key update operations.
>
> Maybe: “to correlate the multiple key updates.”
>
> > +As an example, here is how you would configure @code{parcimonie} to
> > refresh the
> > +keys in your GnuPG keyring, as well as those keyrings created by Guix,
> > such as
> > +when running @code{guix import}:
> > +
> > +@lisp
> > +(service home-parcimonie-service-type
> > + (home-parcimonie-configuration
> > + (refresh-guix-keyrings? #t)))
> > +@end lisp
>
> Maybe add: “This assumes that the Tor anonymous routing daemon is
> already running on your system. On Guix System, this can be achieved by
> setting up @code{tor-service-type} (@pxref{Networking Services,
> @code{tor-service-type}}).”
>
> Apart from these minor nits, LGTM!
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
Thanks. I was able to test it overnight and everything looks good. Patch
pushed finally!
--
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> רנשלפ םירפא
GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351
Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- bug#64838: [PATCH] home: Add parcimonie service.,
Efraim Flashner <=