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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2013-10-04 11:44:39 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-03-07 09:14:05 +0000
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parentagent: Fix UPDATESTARTUPTTY for ssh. (diff)
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gpg: Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys.
* g10/options.h (IMPORT_NO_SECKEY): New. * g10/keyserver.c (keyserver_spawn, keyserver_import_cert): Set new flag. * g10/import.c (import_secret_one): Deny import if flag is set. -- By modifying a keyserver or a DNS record to send a secret key, an attacker could trick a user into signing using a different key and user id. The trust model should protect against such rogue keys but we better make sure that secret keys are never received from remote sources. Suggested-by: Stefan Tomanek Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit e7abed3448c1c1a4e756c12f95b665b517d22ebe) Resolved conflicts: g10/import.c g10/keyserver.c
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