Linux packages don't download via HTTPS

[JeremyRand]

The Linux packages on OBS don't download via HTTPS; nor do the associated keys. This means that a passive attacker can easily see who is downloading Namecoin, and an active attacker can easily inject malware into downloads.

I know this is a temporary issue since Namecoin Core will use reproducible builds... but it's still a problem for now.

[JeremyRand]

@pmconrad

[pmconrad]

Posted an issue at openSUSE: openSUSE/software-o-o#45

[JeremyRand]

@pmconrad I'm not referring to the iframe web page; I'm talking about the package files. E.g. it asks me to run:

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:p_conrad:coins/Fedora_21/home:p_conrad:coins.repo

Which means I'm totally vulnerable to a MITM attack when downloading that .repo file, which could be used to inject malware.

[pmconrad]

I can sign the repo's GPG key with my own if that's any help. (But I can't upload to signed key to OBS, so we'd have to publish it elsewhere.)
That would prevent the MITM, but wouldn't solve the privacy issue.

[JeremyRand]

@pmconrad If you could upload a signed copy of the .repo files (and whatever equivalent exists for non-Fedora distros) to namecoin.org, that would probably work okay (and would be reasonably user-friendly for end users). @phelixbtc could probably help facilitate uploading them.

I would love to solve the privacy issue too, but it's less critical (particularly since privacy-conscious users are probably using Tor, which partially solves this issue).

[JeremyRand]

Hello @pmconrad and @phelix , is there any progress on this?

[pmconrad]

Sorry, this dropped off my radar. Thanks for the bump.
Here's the repo key signed by me:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2

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hBOmpSzT20kvbbgFeAZPKYED/3fW1+fcdXMvh90JP5cqdGzPTlRwU38/UltHHEte
mn14fJ8wOT1T8N903qZaePPiZDzWPR8SoGRHNvT0Hjlx2OC/ZlpKK6HlYzf9b8c5
LwkD6jicJZot5EXtdPwJ9wg/YBaKvNQPm3YMKyCbbqWGbHw9oJBYhSOAL3wbfov8
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bnJhZCBPQlMgUHJvamVjdCA8aG9tZTpwX2NvbnJhZEBidWlsZC5vcGVuc3VzZS5v
cmc+iGYEExECACYFAlD1HMoCGwMFCQg/5dYGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIX
gAAKCRAp2MjaxER88/nqAKCNa7rEXRGJ9dmezjwZ1mVprqpZGACgjJ8pofoBDzqj
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KgIbAwUJDGAJNgYLCQgHAwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJECnYyNrERHzzaMgA
oKS3rphzC+bldqyVYAoYScPkuOfoAJ9zTBjr6NyGerUadVJXdxouuwuH74hGBBAR
AgAGBQJVqgtUAAoJEJjqcbfL1n6bycYAn1hv8fsI7J5s6SnmE0GTZ7fpLDuIAJ9n
6zmk6cIOz4/lwrKmsIToN/CL3Q==
=sAAQ
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

On RPM-based systems, the key should be imported with rpm --import <keyfile> before adding the repo, on APT-based systems with apt-key add <keyfile>.