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From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] Signed push
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 06:07:02 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AMCR5v1YYfA1AWWWXuYyuvOpsuXUfYzWfxhPYZE9SbcQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1408485987-3590-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> While signed tags and commits assert that the objects thusly signed
> came from you, who signed these objects, there is not a good way to
> assert that you wanted to have a particular object at the tip of a
> particular branch.  My signing v2.0.1 tag only means I want to call
> the version v2.0.1, and it does not mean I want to push it out to my
> 'master' branch---it is likely that I only want it in 'maint', so
> the signature on the object alone is insufficient.
>
> The only assurance to you that 'maint' points at what I wanted to
> place there comes from your trust on the hosting site and my
> authentication with it, which cannot easily audited later.

I only had a quick read of a few important patches and may miss
something. But all this audit recording is left to the hook, right? I
suppose git-notes could be used to store the push cert. blob, or the
server could make a signed tag to record this info in the ref.. or do
you intend any other way to record these blobs?
-- 
Duy

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-08-19 23:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-19 22:06 [PATCH 00/18] Signed push Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 01/18] receive-pack: do not overallocate command structure Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 02/18] receive-pack: parse feature request a bit earlier Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 03/18] receive-pack: do not reuse old_sha1[] to other things Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 04/18] receive-pack: factor out queueing of command Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 05/18] send-pack: move REF_STATUS_REJECT_NODELETE logic a bit higher Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 06/18] send-pack: refactor decision to send update per ref Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 07/18] send-pack: always send capabilities Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 08/18] send-pack: factor out capability string generation Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 09/18] send-pack: rename "new_refs" to "need_pack_data" Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 10/18] send-pack: refactor inspecting and resetting status and sending commands Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 11/18] send-pack: clarify that cmds_sent is a boolean Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 12/18] gpg-interface: move parse_gpg_output() to where it should be Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 13/18] gpg-interface: move parse_signature() " Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 14/18] pack-protocol doc: typofix for PKT-LINE Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 15/18] the beginning of the signed push Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20  2:48   ` brian m. carlson
2014-08-20  6:57   ` Bert Wesarg
2014-08-20 23:41     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 16/18] receive-pack: GPG-validate push certificates Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20 16:56   ` David Turner
2014-08-20 17:29     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20 17:56       ` David Turner
2014-08-20 19:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-21 23:59           ` David Turner
2014-08-22  0:11             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 17/18] send-pack: send feature request on push-cert packet Junio C Hamano
2014-08-19 22:06 ` [PATCH 18/18] signed push: final protocol update Junio C Hamano
2014-08-21 19:28   ` Shawn Pearce
2014-08-21 23:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22  3:06       ` Kyle J. McKay
2014-08-22 17:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22 23:54         ` Shawn Pearce
2014-08-25 17:59           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-26 17:33             ` Shawn Pearce
2014-08-26 19:38               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-26 19:52                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-04 23:57           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-09-05  2:41             ` Shawn Pearce
2014-08-22  4:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22  0:22   ` David Turner
2014-08-19 23:07 ` Duy Nguyen [this message]
2014-08-19 23:29   ` [PATCH 00/18] Signed push Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20  1:19 ` Nico Williams
2014-08-20  2:54   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20  5:57     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20  2:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-20  6:28   ` Nico Williams
2014-08-22 19:59 ` Stefan Beller
2014-08-22 20:03   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22 20:22     ` Stefan Beller
2014-08-22 20:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22 20:38         ` Stefan Beller
2014-08-22 22:32           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-22 22:51             ` Stefan Beller
2014-08-25 17:54               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-25 18:38                 ` Jason Pyeron

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