Gnutls may be usable as an alternative to Openssl. It's already in Debian, new to me.
> 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). > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
