From 568fbd7fa5541182bbbc33560863ec9c3ff01d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: makefu Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:20:37 +0200 Subject: cholerab/reaktor: add privileged functions description privileged functions might be implemented via asymmetric encryption this is described in the privileged_function text file --- cholerab/reaktor/priviliged_functions | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cholerab/reaktor/priviliged_functions (limited to 'cholerab') diff --git a/cholerab/reaktor/priviliged_functions b/cholerab/reaktor/priviliged_functions new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a673267e --- /dev/null +++ b/cholerab/reaktor/priviliged_functions @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Use Case 1: Request update on Host +================================= + +< user> bot: update +< bot> /whois user +< bot> /msg user [CHALLENGE] +< user> /msg bot [CHALLENGE-RESPONSE] +< bot> updating... +< bot> now on rev XXXXX + +Command Flow +---------------- +The bot has a locally stored list of [trusted] hosts along with their public +key, preferably from the tinc/retiolum directory. + +The bot encrypts a 1K Byte long message with the public key of the host +retrieved by the /whois command. + +This challenge is sent to the user requesting the command via private message. +The user then decrpyts the message with its own private key and sends the +decrpyted message to the bot. + +The bot then executes the requested command if the challenge is answered +correctly -- cgit v1.2.3