Re: Account Management / Shared Secret Generator

2015-06-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Titke wrote on 11/06/15 15:42: > > I propose to include my Internet account password creation scheme > into the current account / password / keychain management systems > on Ubuntu. That would be excellent! > Whenever you would like to do

Re: Account Management / Shared Secret Generator

2015-06-14 Thread Michael Titke
On 14/06/2015 14:55, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... None of this is to put you off, I'm just sketching a map of the terrain. If all you want to do is integrate your generator with what Ubuntu has right now, you could port it from Scheme to a language we ship, and add a new dialog to Seahorse ...

libressl vs. openssl

2015-06-14 Thread Tamas Papp
hi, Is there any plan to replace openssl with libressl? If so, when? If not, why? 10x tamas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Account Management / Shared Secret Generator

2015-06-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Titke wrote on 14/06/15 15:28: > > On 14/06/2015 14:55, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> ... >> >> None of this is to put you off, I'm just sketching a map of the >> terrain. If all you want to do is integrate your generator with >> what Ubuntu

Re: Account Management / Shared Secret Generator

2015-06-14 Thread Michael Titke
On 14/06/2015 20:02, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Titke wrote on 14/06/15 15:28: On 14/06/2015 14:55, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... None of this is to put you off, I'm just sketching a map of the terrain. If all you want to do is integrate

Re: libressl vs. openssl

2015-06-14 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
+10 to LibreSSL! On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:58 PM Tamas Papp wrote: > hi, > > Is there any plan to replace openssl with libressl? > If so, when? > If not, why? > > > 10x > tamas > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at

Announcing release 2.13 of irker

2015-06-14 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Release 2.13 of irker is now available at: http://www.catb.org/~esr/irker Here are the most recent changes: SSL validation fix. Hardening agains Unicode decode errors. irk becomes a library so it can be re-used. -- shipper, acting for Eric S. Raymond

Re: Account Management / Shared Secret Generator

2015-06-14 Thread Dale Amon
Biggest problem you have is the vulnerability to substitution and various forms of phishing attacks. Picking good passwords using pseudo-random number generators is not easy. The target user population will not have a clue about these issues. As the adage goes, a false perception of security is