/mandos/release

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* GIT

** General: [[https://www.atlassian.com/git/workflows][Git Workflows]], [[http://gitimmersion.com/][Git Immersion]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7036628][Simple git workflow is simple]] [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9661349][On undoing, fixing, or removing commits in git]]

** Intro: [[http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/debian/git.html#combine][Using Git for Debian Packaging]]

** Use: [[https://honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/projects/git-buildpackage/][git-buildpackage]]

** Migration

   tailor?

   Using bzr-fastimport: [[http://www.fusonic.net/en/blog/2013/03/26/migrating-from-bazaar-to-git/][Migrating from Bazaar to Git]]

** Unresolved: [[http://jameswestby.net/bzr/builddeb/user_manual/split.html][bzr builddeb split mode]]

   Maybe: [[http://honk.sigxcpu.org/projects/git-buildpackage/manual-html/gbp.import.html#GBP.IMPORT.UPSTREAM.GIT.NOTARBALL][git-buildpackage - No upstream tarballs]]

   [[http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0374/][PEP 374 - Choosing a distributed VCS for the Python project]]

   [[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs][Git For Emacs Devs]]

* [[http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110530221728][OpenBSD]]

* Testing

** python-nemu

* mandos-applet

* mandos-client

** TODO [#A] --dh-params=FILE

** TODO [#B] Use capabilities instead of seteuid().

   https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2522

** TODO [#B] Use getaddrinfo(hints=AI_NUMERICHOST) instead of inet_pton()

** TODO [#C] Make start_mandos_communication() take "struct server".

** TODO [#C] --interfaces=regex,eth*,noregex (bridge-utils-interfaces(5))

** TODO [#C] Remove code for GNU libc < 2.15

* splashy

** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)

* usplash (Deprecated)

** TODO [#A] Make it work again

** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)

* askpass-fifo

* password-prompt

** TODO [#B] lock stdin (with flock()?)

* plymouth

* TODO [#B] passdev

* plugin-runner

** TODO handle printing for errors for plugins

*** Hook up stderr of plugins, buffer them, and prepend "Mandos Plugin [plugin name]"

** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)

** kernel command line option for debug info

** TODO [#C] Remove code for GNU libc < 2.15

* mandos (server)

** TODO [#B] --notify-command

   This would allow the mandos.service to use

   --notify-command="systemd-notify --pid READY=1"

** TODO [#B] Log level							  :BUGS:

*** TODO /etc/mandos/clients.d/*.conf

    Watch this directory and add/remove/update clients?

** TODO [#C] config for TXT record

** TODO Log level dbus option

   SetLogLevel D-Bus call

** TODO [#C] DBusServiceObjectUsingSuper

** TODO [#B] Global enable/disable flag

** TODO [#B] By-client countdown on number of secrets given

** D-Bus Client method NeedsPassword(50) - Timeout, default disapprove

    + SetPass(u"gazonk", True) -> Approval, persistent

    + Approve(False) -> Close client connection immediately

** TODO [#C] python-parsedatetime

** TODO Separate logging logic to own object

** TODO [#B] Limit approval_delay to max gnutls/tls timeout value

** TODO [#B] break the wait on approval_delay if connection dies

** TODO Generate Client.runtime_expansions from client options + extra

** TODO Allow %%(checker)s as a runtime expansion

** TODO Use python-tlslite?

** TODO D-Bus AddClient() method on server object

** TODO Use org.freedesktop.DBus.Method.NoReply annotation on async methods. :2:

** TODO Support [[http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#standard-interfaces-objectmanager][org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager]] interface on server object :2:

   Deprecate methods GetAllClients(), GetAllClientsWithProperties()

   and signals ClientAdded and ClientRemoved.

** TODO Save state periodically to recover better from hard shutdowns

** TODO CheckerCompleted method, deprecate CheckedOK

** TODO Secret Service API?

   http://standards.freedesktop.org/secret-service/

** TODO Remove D-Bus interfaces with old domain name			  :2:

** TODO Remove old string_to_delta format				     :2:

** TODO http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/stateless.html

*** tmpfiles snippet to create /var/lib/mandos with right user+perms

*** File in /usr/lib/sysusers.d to create user+group "_mandos"

** TODO Error handling on error parsing config files

** TODO init.d script error handling

** TODO D-Bus server properties; address, port, interface, etc.		     :2:

** TODO [#C] In Python 3.3, use shlex.quote() instead of re.escape()

** TODO [#A] USe systemd Type=dbus

* mandos.xml

** Add mandos contact info in manual pages

* mandos-ctl

*** Handle "no D-Bus server" and/or "no Mandos server found" better

*** [#B] --dump option

** TODO Remove old string_to_delta format				     :2:

* TODO mandos-dispatch

  Listens for specified D-Bus signals and spawns shell commands with

  arguments.

* mandos-monitor

** TODO help should be toggleable

** Urwid client data displayer

   Better view of client data in the listing

*** Properties popup

** Print a nice "We are sorry" message, save stack trace to log.

** Rename module "gobject" to "GObject".

* mandos-keygen

** TODO "--secfile" option

   Using the "secfile" option instead of "secret"

** TODO [#B] "--test" option

   For testing decryption before rebooting.

* Package

** /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/mandos

*** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)

*** TODO [#C] Do not install in initrd.img if configured not to.

    Use "/etc/initramfs-tools/hooksconf.d/mandos"?

** TODO [#C] $(pkg-config --variable=completionsdir bash-completion)

   From XML sources directly?

* Side Stuff

** TODO Locate which package moves the other bin/sh when busybox is deactivated

** TODO contact owner of package, and ask them to have that shell static in position regardless of busybox

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