> include a "generate a new self-signed key" script, and run that on server startup
If that is transparent to the person doing the installation then it is perfect. Thanks everyone. I can use the easy way during dev and add the right way in prod. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Isaac Schlueter <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. As others mentioned, call the script `server.js` and then have people > do: > > npm install -g hahnserver > npm start -g hahnserver > > (You can also specify a stop script. For bonus points, run the actual > listening server as a detached child process, pipe stdio to a log > file, and write the pid somewhere. Have the stop script kill the > child via the pid.) > > 2. I'd try to have the package include a "generate a new self-signed > key" script, and run that on server startup if it's not already there. > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone could grab the private key from the github repo or npm tarball > > and use it to decrypt communications with servers configured this way. > > > > Is that true? I thought the certificate was only used to verify that the > > server was the actual one it claimed to be. The encryption is something > > different. > > > > It is true that a man-in-the-middle could intercept the initial > connection > > and pretend that it is the desired site. But I don't see how that could > > happen if someone installed the serve and went directly to it, even from > a > > remote browser. > > > > -- > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "nodejs" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
