From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:01:03 +0000 (-0400) Subject: added note about GnuTLS patch for "gnu-dummy" S2K extension X-Git-Tag: monkeysphere_0.8-1~29 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=56d6185075f3416b60d5cd3dcebd8cae28ec4295;p=monkeysphere.git added note about GnuTLS patch for "gnu-dummy" S2K extension --- diff --git a/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn b/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn index a61b5ba..b66e4c7 100644 --- a/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn +++ b/website/bugs/handle-passphrase-locked-secret-keys.mdwn @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ work for reasonable values of `$KEYID`: (cd "$TMPDIR" && ssh-add -c "$kname") rm -rf "$TMPDIR" +Good news! [I've crafted a patch for GnuTLS to enable it to read +exported subkeys using this GNU +extension](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2008-08/msg00005.html), +so if we can get it incorporated into upstream (and/or into debian), +we have a possible solution, as long as the authentication key is a +subkey, and not a primary key. + --------- Ben Laurie and Rachel Willmer's