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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?
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Jack Lloyd |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work? |
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Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:50:43 -0500 |
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On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:43:37AM -0500, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> We think that it'll be both friendlier and more secure if we allow
> people to do whatever they want locally, but not force changes in
> violation of policy on anyone else. It ends up working almost like
> what you describe in practice. There is a set of permission settings
> signed (not encrypted) with the administrator's private key. One of
> those settings is the administrator's public key. Anyone can, in
> their own database, substitute a permission set signed with their own
> private key which lists their own public key as having administrative
> rights. But everyone else's database ignores that change because they
> only trust the original administrator, not the usurper.
Would this also be the path for dealing with a
our-project-leader-went-evil-on-us type of situation? Everyone (who
wants to trust some other admin instead) can import a packet with the
new admin key+signature blob in it, something along those lines?
-Jack
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: How will policy branches work?, (continued)
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: How will policy branches work?, Timothy Brownawell, 2008/02/06
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Boris, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Timothy Brownawell, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Justin Patrin, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Markus Schiltknecht, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Brian May, 2008/02/07
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Boris, 2008/02/08
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Timothy Brownawell, 2008/02/06
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Boris, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Zack Weinberg, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?,
Jack Lloyd <=
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Zack Weinberg, 2008/02/06
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Boris, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Markus Schiltknecht, 2008/02/06
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Boris, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Markus Schiltknecht, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Timothy Brownawell, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Re: Re: How will policy branches work?, Timothy Brownawell, 2008/02/06
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: How will policy branches work?, Markus Schiltknecht, 2008/02/05
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: How will policy branches work?, Brian May, 2008/02/05
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: How will policy branches work?, Markus Schiltknecht, 2008/02/06