Re: [Tails-dev] GNOME Keysign 0.2 released

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Tobias Mueller, tails-dev
Old-Topics: Re: [Tails-dev] GNOME Keysign 0.2 released
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] GNOME Keysign 0.2 released
Tobias Mueller wrote (27 Jan 2015 13:25:40 GMT) :
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:08:39AM +0100, intrigeri wrote:
>> Frankly, I think I'll wait for this OPW round to be over, and then I'm
>> happy to give GNOME Keysign a try and provide feedback.
> cool.


FTR, next steps are tracked on
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/8400 -- any taker?

>> * is working Avahi required to use GNOME Keysign?
> Currently, yes.
> This is to provide an out-of-the-box experience.
> You fire up the program and you can connect those without having
> to know the IP address of the other party.
> Technically, it's possible to do without Avahi.
> But then the user interface gets more complicated.


Hmm, OK. I don't think we let Avahi go through in Tails,
let alone mdns if it's needed as well.

>>   * what exact networking connection needs to be allowed for GNOME
>>     Keysign to work, especially on the LAN? any ports than need to be
>>     open in the firewall for incoming and/or outgoing traffic?
> For now, the key is shared via HTTP on a dedicated port.


OK, so if the port is fixed that's something we might consider opening
(possibly dynamically, on-demand).

Cheers,
--
intrigeri