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: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/security/2007-December/000341.html user-created activities and updates thread]
: [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]
: [[Bundles and updates|Homunq's ideas on bundles and updates]]
: [[Bundles and updates|homunq's ideas on bundles and updates]]


Consequently, here's an attempt at details.
Consequently, here's an attempt at details.

Revision as of 20:07, 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:

When 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
activity semantics conversation
runtime build customization thread and <trac>6432</trac>
user-created activities and updates thread
horizontal distribution thread
homunq's ideas on bundles and updates

Consequently, here's an attempt at details.