freedomofpress / freedomofpress/securedrop-https-everywhere-ruleset

Switch signing to standalone ed25519 key

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Description

Currently we sign this repository using a RSA key in PEM format that just so happens to use the same set of random bytes as our 2021 Release Signing Key, which is an rsa4096 PGP key.

We're rotating our PGP signing key (https://securedrop.org/news/new-release-signing-key/), so we should move away from the current RSA key. We've also separately generated a standalone ed25519 key that we could end up using for this signing process.

We need to figure out the exact signing story, but once we're ready we should sign the current ruleset in parallel and work upstream with Tor Browser to get the configuration updated.

Possibly linked to #269.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by tracing how the current RSA PEM key signs the ruleset, then review #269 and Tor Browser's configuration requirements; done means selecting the signing approach, signing the current ruleset in parallel, and coordinating the upstream configuration update.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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