[tor-bugs] #13553 [RPM packaging]: CA pinning for the RPM repo

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Tue Nov 4 11:28:00 UTC 2014


#13553: CA pinning for the RPM repo
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks    |      Owner:  hiviah
         Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:
    Component:  RPM packaging  |    Version:
   Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
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Comment (by hiviah):

 Isn't this a chicken-and-egg problem? If you use "yum install
 https://deb.torproject.org/..." then no SSL/TLS pinning will take effect
 anyway. What you get though, is the need to tell users to update the RPM
 manually should the pinned CA cert ever change.

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