microsoft / microsoft/AdaptiveCards

Investigate signing practices by Microsoft-published npm packages

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Description

  • npm has no first-party support for author-signatures, but it may be sufficient to add a signature file in package
  • If no existing guidance, work with compliance teams to establish whether author-signing is required and how to achieve it

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing npm's available support for author-signatures and whether adding a signature file to a package is sufficient. Then consult the compliance teams to establish whether author-signing is required and document the required approach; done means both the requirement and implementation path are settled.

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Assessment

Domain
security
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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