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To date, we have seen several attempts to discover appropriate details:
To date, we have seen several attempts to discover appropriate details:


: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/security/2008-October/000496.html]
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/security/2008-October/000496.html questions on activity signing and update thread]
: [[User:Mstone/Commentaries/Bundles_1]]
: [[User:Mstone/Commentaries/Bundles_1]]
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011553.html runtime build customization thread] and <trac>6432</trac>
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011553.html runtime build customization thread] and <trac>6432</trac>
: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/security/2007-December/000341.html
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/security/2007-December/000341.html user-created activities and updates thread]
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012131.html horizontal distribution thread]
: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/012131.html horizontal distribution thread]



Revision as of 19:58, 29 May 2009

Carrying on the tradition of naming software via puns, I'll lay down some thoughts here about software for, among other things, answering the question:

Should we run program X deisolated?

Background

<trac>5657</trac> asked for a way to automatically update Terminal that is not subject to spoofing.

One natural approach this is activity signing. However, as experience with X.509 has shown, the devil is truly in the details.

To date, we have seen several attempts to discover appropriate details:

questions on activity signing and update thread
User:Mstone/Commentaries/Bundles_1
runtime build customization thread and <trac>6432</trac>
user-created activities and updates thread
horizontal distribution thread

Consequently, here's an attempt at details.