[Koha-bugs] [Bug 24632] Plugins should support simple signing for security/varifiability

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24632

David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
I one hundred percent agree with you, Martin.

I figure Koha developers sign Koha plugins using a private GPG key, and then
provide a public GPG key for *someone* to import into Koha.

Personally, I'd prefer if the list of public GPG keys was maintained by a Linux
sysadmin for maximum control, but I know that's potentially not useful for many
target users of Koha plugins. (Maybe a compromise would be to have a web
interface by default and then have an option to deactivate that and use a CLI
tool instead for vendors?)

In terms of specific interfaces... I'm going to look to see how Apt manages it
in a user-friendly fashion (ie not requiring users to specify which key to use
to verify which file).

In any case, I think we have to have some system for signing and verifying
plugins. From a vendor point of view, it would increase my confidence in the
plugin system as a whole.

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