[tor-commits] [tor/master] Document key-pinning-journal

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Fri Jun 16 18:26:58 UTC 2017


commit a73d0fe9a87df762474ee928ff9e6282e5e38430
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Fri Jun 16 14:26:21 2017 -0400

    Document key-pinning-journal
    
    Closes 22347
---
 changes/bug22347 | 2 ++
 doc/tor.1.txt    | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changes/bug22347 b/changes/bug22347
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f294ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug22347
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  o Documentation:
+    - Add a manpage description for the key-pinning-journal file.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 5e0a71c..7544c03 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -2741,6 +2741,13 @@ __DataDirectory__**/lock**::
     directory. If access to this file is locked, data directory is already
     in use by Tor.
 
+__DataDirectory__**/key-pinning-journal**::
+    Used by authorities. A line-based file that records mappings between
+    RSA1024 identity keys and Ed25519 identity keys. Authorities enforce
+    these mappings, so that once a relay has picked an Ed25519 key, stealing
+    or factoring the RSA1024 key will no longer let an attacker impersonate
+    the relay.
+
 __DataDirectory__**/keys/***::
     Only used by servers. Holds identity keys and onion keys.
 



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