On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 08:59:40PM +0100, Björn Persson wrote:
> Josh Boyer wrote:
> > > We may want to replace it with a simple Web Key Directory server:
> > > https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKD
> > >
> > > That would make it easy to lookup keys based on @fedoraproject.org
> > > email addresses, and since keys can be replaced in the directory, it
> > > avoids the problems with SKS attacks. 
> >
> > I don't see that being valuable enough to actually invest the effort
> > into doing it and maintaining it long term.  If others are interested
> > in hosting such a service, that would likely be welcome.
>
> If such others were to step up to do the work, would they be able to
> get the access needed to run it on Fedora infrastructure and integrate
> with FAS?

Fas is on life support mode, but something could be added to the new
coming account system interface.

>
> Note that a Web Key Directory can't be run as a third-party service.
> It's a fundamental feature of the protocol that the directory server
> exists in the same domain as the email address. Technically a subdomain
> could be delegated, but this isn't a thing that should be tossed up on
> the first cloud service handy, because an intruder in the server would
> be able to replace people's keys and impersonate them.

keys.openpgp.org offers a WKD as a service thing:

https://keys.openpgp.org/about/usage
>
> I think a Web Key Directory server would be good for the Fedora
> Project's security, but it should run on hardware under the Fedora
> Project's control.

Possibly. I'm really not sure how much it would be used.

kevin
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