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-rw-r--r-- | doc/proposals/2022-07-permit-lack-of-witness-cosignatures | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/proposals/2022-07-replace-domain-hint-with-rate-limit | 33 |
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diff --git a/doc/proposals/2022-07-permit-lack-of-witness-cosignatures b/doc/proposals/2022-07-permit-lack-of-witness-cosignatures new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0ac549 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/proposals/2022-07-permit-lack-of-witness-cosignatures @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Proposal + +In api.md, ยง3.2: + + - Permit that "key_hash" and "cosignature" are omitted by the log when there + are no witness cosignatures to set in the response. + +# Motivation + +It should be possible to return success on the get-tree-head-cosigned endpoint +even if no witness provided a co-signature for the current to-cosign tree head. + +This change makes it possible to return 200 OK without witnesses. diff --git a/doc/proposals/2022-07-replace-domain-hint-with-rate-limit b/doc/proposals/2022-07-replace-domain-hint-with-rate-limit new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1570c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/proposals/2022-07-replace-domain-hint-with-rate-limit @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# Proposal + +Replace the "domain_hint" key in the input to the add-leaf endpoint with +"rate-limit". The value associated with the "rate-limit" key is on the format: + + method:data + +where the defined methods are: + + - dns: the exact same semantics as today's domain hint + - token: a shared secret that is negotiated between submitter and the log + operator out-of-band + +Example of a rate-limit line using DNS: + + rate_limit=dns:_sigsum_v0.example.org + +Example of a rate-limit line using token: + + rate_limit=token:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx + +The "rate_limt" key must not be repeated. + +The "rate_limit" key may be omitted. It is then up to the log server to accept +or reject the user's requests. + +# Motivation + +There are more ways to establish something to rate-limit on than domain hints. +The name "domain_hint" is also not descrptive; it makes understanding harder. + +It is also plausible that a log operator wants to run without a rate limit in +some environments. The above change permits this as well. |