[Cryptech Core] Debian packages for the Novena, what next?

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Wed Jul 8 01:19:05 UTC 2015


Yay!!!

Oh Jakob!

randy, please excuse tiPos

> On Jul 7, 2015, at 18:16, Rob Austein <sra at hactrn.net> wrote:
> 
> We have Debian packages.  They seem to work, and one can install them
> using apt-get.  Preliminary instructions below, eventually (ie, before
> the Prague workshop) these should go on the Wiki.
> 
> So in theory we now have PKCS #11 code for the Novena packaged so
> people can install it.  Do we have a signer to run on top of this yet?
> 
> ===
> 
> How to configure a Novena PVT-1 running Debian Wheezy to pull packages
> from the Cryptech Project APT repository.
> 
> ***** Installation *****
> 
> * Add the GPG public key (current one is temporary with a very short
>  lifetime, will replace it with something better before Prague):
> 
>  $ wget -q -O - https://apt.cryptech.is/novena/apt-gpg-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
> 
>  Or, for the tinfoil-inclined:
> 
>  $ wget https://apt.cryptech.is/novena/apt-gpg-key.asc
> 
>  [Do something here to reassure yourself that it's a good key]
> 
>  $ sudo apt-key add apt-gpg-key.asc
> 
>  For this week's temporary key, the best assurance you're likely to
>  get will be downloading the key via HTTPS using a program (browser,
>  wget, ...) that knows about the HACTRN Certificate Authority.
> 
>  In the longer run (ie, by the time we get to Prague) the
>  (replacement) key should be properly signed so you can verify it via
>  the web of trust.  We'll probably want to hold a quick signing party.
> 
>  See the apt-key(8) manual page for more information about the APT
>  key database, including how to remove keys you don't want anymore.
> 
> * Configure APT to use this repository:
> 
>  $ sudo wget -q -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/novena.list http://apt.cryptech.is/novena/sources.list
> 
> * Update available packages and install the cryptech-novena packages: 
> 
>  $ sudo apt-get update
>  $ sudo apt-get install cryptech-novena-rtl
> 
>  I haven't (yet) built a meta-package, but the -rtl package depends
>  on the -sw package, so installing the -rtl package will get both.
> 
> ***** Upgrading *****
> 
> Once you've performed the steps above you should be able to upgrade to newer
> version of the code using the normal APT upgrade process, eg:
> 
>  $ sudo apt-get update
>  $ sudo apt-get upgrade
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