From 525c78a2c3a1da5b673d11478d3b1693a7579508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:39:59 +0100 Subject: Remove references to old-school signing --- doc/signing.txt | 24 ------------------------ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/signing.txt (limited to 'doc/signing.txt') diff --git a/doc/signing.txt b/doc/signing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7403cac470b2..000000000000 --- a/doc/signing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Generate a private key: - -$ (umask 277 && openssl genrsa -out /etc/nix/signing-key.sec 2048) - -The private key should be kept secret (only readable to the Nix daemon -user). - - -Generate the corresponding public key: - -$ openssl rsa -in /etc/nix/signing-key.sec -pubout > /etc/nix/signing-key.pub - -The public key should be copied to all machines to which you want to -export store paths. - - -Signing: - -$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat svn.nar | openssl rsautl -sign -inkey mykey.sec > svn.nar.sign - - -Verifying a signature: - -$ test "$(nix-hash --type sha256 --flat svn.nar)" = "$(openssl rsautl -verify -inkey mykey.pub -pubin -in svn.nar.sign)" -- cgit 1.4.1