Publication detail

Extending security of package manager with DNS

SEHNOUTKA, M.

Original Title

Extending security of package manager with DNS

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper describes a method of public key verification based on DNS, that can be used to further increase security of package managers. On top of this method, an extended version is proposed, that can also protect repository metadata. An implementation for the RPM ecosystem is proposed corresponding to the theoretical background.

Keywords

Package management; OpenPGP; DNS; DNSSEC; RPM

Authors

SEHNOUTKA, M.

Released

26. 4. 2018

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-5614-3

Book

Proceedings of the 24th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2018

Edition number

První

Pages from

295

Pages to

297

Pages count

3

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT156024,
  author="Martin {Sehnoutka}",
  title="Extending security of package manager with DNS",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 24th Conference STUDENT EEICT 2018",
  year="2018",
  number="První",
  pages="295--297",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-5614-3"
}