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From: Mike Belshe <mike@belshe•com>
To: Drak <drak@zikula•org>
Cc: System undo crew <unsystem@lists•dyne.org>,
	Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>,
	Amir Taaki <genjix@riseup•net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [unSYSTEM] DarkWallet Best Practices
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:23:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABaLYCtWXURDiKHvXfbAu2z-TzZQWA1Z42a0EhP3hKHyEv9ZyA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANAnSg312feKyW-LtRu+n99ODn4KDTja__Wp7bRz+k=5ox3yHg@mail.gmail.com>

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Hey Peter -

I think this is a super list.   A couple of thoughts:

a) In the section on multi-sig and multi-factor, I think we can split these
apart. Multi-factor user authentication is very valuable and not the same
as multi-factor signing, which is a second level of complexity.   The
multi-factor auth can be off-blockchain, e.g. authenticating with SMS
message to your phone or Google Authenticator challenge.  Given the state
of malware today, I personally would propose two requirements:
    1) wallets SHOULD use multi-factor authentication before authorizing
access to a wallet (e.g. view balances, addresses, transactions, etc)
    2) wallets MUST use multi-factor auth before signing a transaction.
[note: I recognize that MUST might be too aggressive right now, but I
wouldn't use a wallet without it.  this can also be impractical for
server-side wallets]

b) Multi-factor signing (e.g. P2SH) may be too early to really define.  But
here are some issues which have come up from my own personal development
experience:
    - Wallets SHOULD NOT create two keys on a single host or device
    - Wallets SHOULD provide a way to import external public keys which can
be used as part of a P2SH address

Slightly off topic:  For P2SH, address creation requires the public key,
not the public hash of an address.  For me, this has made it difficult to
import keys created through out-of-band sources.  Most wallets/key
generators/etc only provide the address and not the public key, and this is
a hinderance to easy P2SH creation off host.  It would be great if there
were a way to address this, but I don't know how.

c) Small word-choice nit:  I had to go lookup the meaning of "SHALL" (I now
know it is the same as MUST).  I think most RFCs just use MUST these days.


Thanks,
mike








On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Drak <drak@zikula•org> wrote:

> On 19 December 2013 16:04, Amir Taaki <genjix@riseup•net> wrote:
>
>> About signing each commit, Linus advises against it:
>>
>> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/GPG-signing-for-git-commit-td2582986.html
>
>
> Yeah, it makes no sense after reading it. Nice catch.
>
> However, his recommendation for signing tags with `git tag -s` should
> probably be incorporated into the spec as a MUST.
>
> Drak
>
>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-19 17:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-19 13:17 [Bitcoin-development] " Peter Todd
2013-12-19 15:46 ` Drak
     [not found] ` <dde469d7ce77a748fb4c279334deb643.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net>
     [not found]   ` <538d3c4677a4332ae8341e37d1a77d5e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net>
2013-12-19 16:32     ` [Bitcoin-development] [unSYSTEM] " Drak
2013-12-19 17:23       ` Mike Belshe [this message]
2013-12-19 17:44     ` [Bitcoin-development] " Peter Todd
2013-12-19 18:05       ` [Bitcoin-development] [unSYSTEM] " Drak
2013-12-20  6:52 ` [Bitcoin-development] " Wendell
     [not found] ` <52B359C4.3050106@sindominio.net>
2013-12-20 17:32   ` [Bitcoin-development] [unSYSTEM] " Taylor Gerring

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