From 0ac32cbb99ea49a9110bf5b2e00f2563a3095751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:01:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added comments about seccureKeys for configuration files encryption svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=12342 --- system/options.nix | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix index cbea9b26d969..7e232c242319 100644 --- a/system/options.nix +++ b/system/options.nix @@ -2467,7 +2467,13 @@ default = /var/elliptic-keys/public; description = " Public key. Make it path argument, so it is copied into store and - hashed. + hashed. + + The key is used to encrypt Gateway 6 configuration in store, as it + contains a password for external service. Unfortunately, + derivation file should be protected by other means. For example, + nix-http-export.cgi will happily export any non-derivation path, + but not a derivation. "; }; private = mkOption {