[Project_owners] Online version of McCoy

[Eric H. Jung]

--- Matthew Wilson <matthew at mjwilson.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Eric H. Jung wrote:
> > --- Andrew Archer <AndrewArcher at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> I'm curious to know how the keys will be kept secure.
> > 
> > The wouldn't be any keys in an online version. It would work like this:
> > 
> > 1. User uploads XPI to http://mozdev.org/mccoy
> > 2. mozdev.org generates hash of uploaded XPI
> > 3. mozdev.org unzips XPI, inserts the <em:updateHash/> into install.rdf, re-zips XPI, sends
> XPI
> > back to user as a file download
> > 
> >
>
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Extension_Versioning,_Update_and_Compatibility#Update_Hashes
> 
> That's not the McCoy functionality though is it? em:updateHash was 
> available before McCoy, and doesn't secure updates.
>

I don't know, but the point is mozdev should have an upload tool which preps XPIs for
auto-updating when update.rdf isn't hosted at AMO (it's probably hosted at mozdev, but not
necessarily). I believe updateHash is the only install.rdf entry required for this. updateKey,
updateLink are not required. Anyone confirm?




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