[Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox CA

keith at sd-kvm.me4.it keith at sd-kvm.me4.it
Thu Sep 12 14:13:05 UTC 2013


Gnutls may be usable as an alternative to Openssl.
It's already in Debian, new to me.

> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:06:46PM +0100, Keith wrote:
>> After further thought:
>>
>> With a CA on each freedombox we could have something like this
>>
>> Create a CA using (options used could be changed)
>> openssl genrsa -des3 -out "Freedombox CA.key" 4096
>
> Is there any remote change to use a different crypto library/tool
> than OpenSSL? I realize that the license issues preclude many
> of potential alternatives from inclusion in Debian.
>
>> openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key "Freedombox CA.key" -out
>> "Freedombox CA.pem"
>>
>> Possibly replace any snakeoil keys created by Debian (Postfix uses 2048
>> bits, could use 4096 bits if Postfix is the MTA used).
>>
>> Include in Plinth an option for a freedom box to obtain ssl keys with
>> the Freedombox CA. No interface to an external website, openssl can do
>> this.
>>
>> The public key of the Freedombox CA could be published, to be imported
>> into someone else's browser, could be a problem with multiple Freedombox
>> CA's with the same name.
>>
>> Possibly a paranoid option to rotate the ssl keys on the freedom box
>> running manually and/or as a cron job (Now doing this daily with one of
>> my mailservers).
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