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Re: Network security manager


From: Ted Zlatanov
Subject: Re: Network security manager
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:44:51 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:36:25 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

LMI> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
LMI> GPG isn't feasible because nobody wants to type passwords.
>> 
>> Whuhh?

LMI> Yeah?

Let me rephrase: I don't think that's accurate :)

>> Yes, it's a bother.  We're talking about potentially dozens or hundreds
>> of exceptions in a large enterprise.  But let's assume the `a' key is
>> large and easy to hit.
>> 
>> Scenario 1: you allow a compromised server accidentally.  You now can't
>> review the exception list to remove that compromise.
>> 
>> Scenario 2: someone allows a compromised server on purpose in a few
>> seconds.  You have no idea it happened.
>> 
>> I'm sure there are other scenarios, but please don't make this a
>> write-only data store.

LMI> On the other hand, we could store the server names in plain text when we
LMI> store security exceptions to make reviews easier.  That is, keep the
LMI> hash-only thing for STARTTLS man-in-the-middle tracking and the like,
LMI> but if the user registers an exception, then we'd stash the server name
LMI> in there, too.

LMI> This would avoid leaving a complete list of STARTTLS servers in that
LMI> file, but still allow easy removal of specific exceptions.

Works for me, as long as I can customize it to always store the server
name and port for all stored data.

Ted




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