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Regular key rotation is a best practice that improves security. Even if the underlying ciphers have not changed, the value of a stolen key will decay when ther
by chasil 5y ago
Regular key rotation is a best practice that improves security.
Even if the underlying ciphers have not changed, the value of a stolen key will decay when there is a planned sunset. In the lack of a rotation strategy, a stolen key is a gift that keeps on giving.
OpenBSD introduced the signify command, and a 6-month key rotation, that will allow trust when the OS is downloaded over insecure channels (cleartext FTP and http).
https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan-signify.html https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan-signify.html
Debian is migrating to the conceptually-similar aptsign.
https://blog.jak-linux.org/2021/06/20/migrating-away-apt-key/ https://blog.jak-linux.org/2021/06/20/migrating-away-apt-key...