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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt7
4 files changed, 35 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0d01e32888..dd6fd65e9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2038,17 +2038,17 @@ rebase.autostash::
successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
Defaults to false.
-receive.acceptpushcert::
- By default, `git receive-pack` will advertise that it
- accepts `git push --signed`. Setting this variable to
- false disables it (this is a tentative variable that
- will go away at the end of this series).
-
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
it by setting this variable to false.
+receive.certnonceseed::
+ By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
+ will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
+ a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
+ key.
+
receive.fsckObjects::
If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index e6df234926..2d4b45242c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,24 @@ the following environment variables:
using the same mnemonic as used in `%G?` format of `git log`
family of commands (see linkgit:git-log[1]).
+`GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE`::
+ The nonce string the process asked the signer to include
+ in the push certificate. If this does not match the value
+ recorded on the "nonce" header in the push certificate, it
+ may indicate that the certificate is a valid one that is
+ being replayed from a separate "git push" session.
+
+`GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS`::
+`UNSOLICITED`;;
+ "git push --signed" sent a nonce when we did not ask it to
+ send one.
+`MISSING`;;
+ "git push --signed" did not send any nonce header.
+`BAD`;;
+ "git push --signed" sent a bogus nonce.
+`OK`;;
+ "git push --signed" sent the nonce we asked it to send.
+
This hook is called before any refname is updated and before any
fast-forward checks are performed.
@@ -147,6 +165,7 @@ service:
if test -n "${GIT_PUSH_CERT-}" && test ${GIT_PUSH_CERT_STATUS} = G
then
(
+ echo expected nonce is ${GIT_PUSH_NONCE}
git cat-file blob ${GIT_PUSH_CERT}
) | mail -s "push certificate from $GIT_PUSH_CERT_SIGNER" push-log@mydomain
fi
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index 7b543dc311..dda120631e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ references.
PKT-LINE("certificate version 0.1" LF)
PKT-LINE("pusher" SP ident LF)
PKT-LINE("pushee" SP url LF)
+ PKT-LINE("nonce" SP nonce LF)
PKT-LINE(LF)
*PKT-LINE(command LF)
*PKT-LINE(gpg-signature-lines LF)
@@ -533,6 +534,11 @@ Currently, the following header fields are defined:
authentication material) the user who ran `git push`
intended to push into.
+`nonce` nonce::
+ The 'nonce' string the receiving repository asked the
+ pushing user to include in the certificate, to prevent
+ replay attacks.
+
The GPG signature lines are a detached signature for the contents
recorded in the push certificate before the signature block begins.
The detached signature is used to certify that the commands were
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index a478cc4135..0c92deebcc 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -251,10 +251,11 @@ If the upload-pack server advertises this capability, fetch-pack may
send "want" lines with SHA-1s that exist at the server but are not
advertised by upload-pack.
-push-cert
----------
+push-cert=<nonce>
+-----------------
The receive-pack server that advertises this capability is willing
-to accept a signed push certificate. A send-pack client MUST NOT
+to accept a signed push certificate, and asks the <nonce> to be
+included in the push certificate. A send-pack client MUST NOT
send a push-cert packet unless the receive-pack server advertises
this capability.