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[Patch 0/2] Libwaive for signify

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#45344] [Patch 0/2] Libwaive for signify
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:46:38 -0500

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:49:22PM +0100, Vincent Legoll wrote:
> The following series adds libwaive, use it
> for signify, and remove the TODO item.
> 
> I don't know if the test I did is sufficient to
> ensure that the libwaive was used but the
> following worked OK:
> 
> wget https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/openbsd-68-base.pub
> wget https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/amd64/miniroot68.img
> wget https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/amd64/SHA256
> sha256sum -c --ignore-missing SHA256
> wget https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/amd64/SHA256.sig
> signify -Cp ./openbsd-68-base.pub -x SHA256.sig miniroot68.img

Well, as long as signify keeps working, these extra security features
are offered as "best effort" on Linux. From what I can see, the only
OpenBSD software that is fully supported on Linux is OpenSSH. So, we are
only missing the description and synopsis.

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