On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:06:46PM +0100, Keith wrote:
> After further thought:
> 
> With a CA on each freedombox we could have something like this
> 
> Create a CA using (options used could be changed)
> openssl genrsa -des3 -out "Freedombox CA.key" 4096

Is there any remote change to use a different crypto library/tool
than OpenSSL? I realize that the license issues preclude many
of potential alternatives from inclusion in Debian.

> openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key "Freedombox CA.key" -out
> "Freedombox CA.pem"
> 
> Possibly replace any snakeoil keys created by Debian (Postfix uses 2048
> bits, could use 4096 bits if Postfix is the MTA used).
> 
> Include in Plinth an option for a freedom box to obtain ssl keys with
> the Freedombox CA. No interface to an external website, openssl can do
> this.
> 
> The public key of the Freedombox CA could be published, to be imported
> into someone else's browser, could be a problem with multiple Freedombox
> CA's with the same name. 
> 
> Possibly a paranoid option to rotate the ssl keys on the freedom box
> running manually and/or as a cron job (Now doing this daily with one of
> my mailservers).

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