Specify how the lease renew secret is derived to the GBS specification document #3774

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exarkun · 2021-08-18T15:14:58Z

exarkun commented

2021-08-18 15:14:58 +00:00

It turns out the secret is derived in part using Foolscap. If we actually want to remove the Foolscap dependency then we'll have to change the implementation of the code that derives it. Before doing that, it would be nice to have some text that says exactly how we want it to be derived (and maybe that will be the same as the current implementation or maybe not - if not, maybe justify why this is okay, too).

Also, the specification is better if it includes this information instead of leaving it as an implementation detail.

It turns out the secret is derived in part using Foolscap. If we actually want to remove the Foolscap dependency then we'll have to change the implementation of the code that derives it. Before doing that, it would be nice to have some text that says exactly how we want it to be derived (and maybe that will be the same as the current implementation or maybe not - if not, maybe justify why this is okay, too). Also, the specification is better if it includes this information instead of leaving it as an implementation detail.

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itamarst commented

2021-08-18 15:55:09 +00:00

Right now the renew secret is derived from a number of items that won't change, but also from the Foolscap server Tub ID (this is the "lease seed").

We talked about for the HTTP protocol maybe using the hash of the TLS certificate, or something similar, for the lease seed.

Right now the renew secret is derived from a number of items that won't change, but also from the Foolscap server Tub ID (this is the "lease seed"). We talked about for the HTTP protocol maybe using the hash of the TLS certificate, or something similar, for the lease seed.

GitHub <noreply@github.com> commented

2021-09-07 18:08:43 +00:00

In 5d75706/trunk:

Merge pull request #1118 from LeastAuthority/3774.lease-renewal-secret-construction-docs

write some words about lease renewal secrets

Fixes: ticket:3774

In [5d75706/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/5d757069800b52c6a089c66758f152925d51c6d6): ``` Merge pull request #1118 from LeastAuthority/3774.lease-renewal-secret-construction-docs write some words about lease renewal secrets Fixes: ticket:3774 ```

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