[Python-Dev] Signed packages (original) (raw)

Floris Bruynooghe flub at devork.be
Sat Jun 23 13:32:54 CEST 2012

Oh sorry, having read the thread this spawned from I see you're taking about MS Windows singed binaries. Something I know next to nothing about, so ignore my babbling.

On 23 June 2012 11:52, Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:

On 22 June 2012 17:56, Donald Stufft <donald.stufft at gmail.com> wrote:

On Friday, June 22, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Alexandre Zani wrote:

Key distribution is the real issue though. If there isn't a key distribution infrastructure in place, we might as well not bother with signatures. PyPI could issue x509 certs to packagers. You wouldn't be able to verify that the name given is accurate, but you would be able to verify that all packages with the same listed author are actually by that author. I've been sketching out ideas for key distribution, but it's very much a chicken and egg problem, very few people sign their packages (because nothing uses it currently), and nobody is motivated to work on infrastructure or tooling because no one signs their packages. I'm surprised gpg hasn't been mentioned here.  I think these are all solved problems, most free software that is signed signs it with the gpg key of the author.  In that case all that is needed is that the cheeseshop allows the uploading of the signature.  As for key distribution, the keyservers take care of that just fine and we'd probably see more and better attended signing parties at python conferences. Regards, Floris

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