[Keyserver] Hockeypuck 2.1.0 released
Andrew Gallagher
andrewg at andrewg.com
Thu Dec 10 20:59:46 CET 2020
How do you handle the gradual degradation of sync as different operators
implement divergent blacklists?
A
On 10/12/2020 17:07, Casey Marshall wrote:
> I've released Hockeypuck 2.1.0
> <https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck/releases/tag/2.1.0> [0], which
> contains several new features that may be useful to mitigate
> spamming/flooding/DoS [1] attacks on GnuPG and keyservers. See the
> release link for details, but here's the highlights:
>
> * Configurable key length and packet size limits, with sensible
> defaults to limit keyserver resource consumption (1MB and 8K
> respectively).
> * Configurable blacklist of primary key fingerprints.
> * Authenticated key management. This adds a couple of extra endpoints
> which allow a key owner to replace and delete their key,
> authenticated by signing the armored key in the request. This allows
> a key owner to still update their own key once it has been inflated
> beyond the key length limit.
>
> Blacklists and auth key management may also be of interest to keyserver
> operators subject to GDPR-related requests.
>
>
> -Casey
>
>
> [0] https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck/releases/tag/2.1.0
> <https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck/releases/tag/2.1.0>
>
> [1] https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f
> <https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f>
>
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Andrew Gallagher
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