Feature #6338

User-friendly keysigning that verifies that key belongs to the recipient

Added by intrigeri 2013-10-06 01:54:17 . Updated 2019-06-10 14:49:07 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Start date:
2013-10-06
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
feature/monkeysign
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

That is, caff-style keysigning. Ability to output an email that can then be pasted into some kind of (local or web-based) MUA.

caff (from the signing-party package) adds around 1MB to the ISO size, and is well-established. Its main drawback is that is requires a configuration file and duplicating at least some gpg.conf settings into ~/.caff/. It has been part of Debian for a long time.

monkeysign supports basically the same usecases, but without these drawbacks.

See sub-tickets for the next steps.

Subtasks

Feature #6339: Wait for monkeysign to be in Squeeze sloppy backports Resolved

100
Feature #6455: Install monkeysign Resolved

100
Feature #6515: Install monkeyscan dependencies Resolved

100
Feature #8400: Test & evaluate GNOME Keysign Resolved

0
Feature #8401: Improve monkeysign integration in Tails Rejected

0
Feature #8402: Wait for results of GNOME Keysign's OPW internship Resolved intrigeri

0
Feature #11240: Document monkeysign Rejected sajolida

20

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #14581: Install caff (signing-party) by default Rejected 2017-09-01

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-06 11:18:17

  • Feature Branch set to feature/monkeysign

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-06 11:39:27

  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to bertagaz
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

#3 Updated by bertagaz 2013-12-09 12:42:08

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (bertagaz)
  • Target version set to Tails_0.23
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-18 03:41:35

  • Status changed from Fix committed to In Progress
  • QA Check deleted (Pass)

feature/monkeysign was merged, but as we discovered later, there is still some work left to do.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-18 03:41:47

  • Assignee set to intrigeri

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-03-04 19:09:15

  • Target version deleted (Tails_0.23)

The work left to do will not be done in time for 0.23, sorry.

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-09-09 23:32:08

The monkeyscan limitations that affect Tails are being discussed at https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/monkeysphere/2014-08/msg00012.html.

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2015-07-12 04:15:16

  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)

Giving up on this one. Anyone interested, please check the subtasks and enjoy :)

#9 Updated by Anonymous 2017-10-03 21:24:17

  • Description updated

#10 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 08:37:05

  • related to Feature #14581: Install caff (signing-party) by default added

#11 Updated by sajolida 2019-06-10 14:49:07

  • Status changed from In Progress to Rejected

We removed monkeysign from 3.14 and I’m not sure there any other candidate.

Please reopen this ticket if you ever have one.