Attachment 139021 Details for Bug 106004 – [10] spec: Describe nonce-tcp as "nonce-authenticated", not "nonce-secured"

[patch] [10] spec: Describe nonce-tcp as "nonce-authenticated", not "nonce-secured"

0004-spec-Describe-nonce-tcp-as-nonce-authenticated-not-n.patch (text/plain), 1.12 KB, created by Simon McVittie on 2018-04-23 17:39:54 UTC

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>From 26cb77cca4a2dca05482370e2bd0df47c05e4154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:27:25 +0100
>Subject: [PATCH 4/4] spec: Describe nonce-tcp as "nonce-authenticated", not
> "nonce-secured"
>
>nonce-tcp isn't really any more secure than tcp, unless you are
>using ANONYMOUS authentication, which should not be considered
>secure in any case. Avoid the word "secured" so that people don't
>get the wrong idea.
>
>Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
>---
> doc/dbus-specification.xml | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>index 1b8ff635..8786922d 100644
>--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>@@ -3817,7 +3817,7 @@
>       </sect3>
>     </sect2>
>     <sect2 id="transports-nonce-tcp-sockets">
>-      <title>Nonce-secured TCP Sockets</title>
>+      <title>Nonce-authenticated TCP Sockets</title>
>       <para>
>         The nonce-tcp transport provides a modified TCP transport using a
>         simple authentication mechanism, to ensure that only clients with read
>-- 
>2.17.0
>

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