matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix-spec
Document best practices for rotating cross-signing keys
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
A-Client-Server
A-E2EE
clarification
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 330
- Forks
- 150
- Avg merge
- 2h 21m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
Description
If I want to rotate my MSK, how do I do it? Should I re-sign my existing USK & SSK keys and republish all my attestations? Or rotate them all? Or reset everything and start over?
c.f. https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=22857957
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the key-rotation questions in this issue and the linked Hacker News discussion. Determine the supported procedure for rotating MSK, USK, and SSK keys and handling existing attestations. Done means the Matrix specification documents one agreed best-practice procedure.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cryptography, documentation, security
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100