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diff --git a/security/hs-hackage-security/pkg-descr b/security/hs-hackage-security/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..80d3f3cdec9e --- /dev/null +++ b/security/hs-hackage-security/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The hackage security library provides both server and client utilities for +securing the Hackage package server (http://hackage.haskell.org/). It is based on +The Update Framework (http://theupdateframework.com/), a set of recommendations +developed by security researchers at various universities in the US as well as +developers on the Tor project (https://www.torproject.org/). + +The current implementation supports only index signing, thereby enabling +untrusted mirrors. It does not yet provide facilities for author package +signing. + +The library has two main entry points: Hackage.Security.Client is the main entry +point for clients (the typical example being cabal), and Hackage.Security.Server +is the main entry point for servers (the typical example being hackage-server). + +WWW: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hackage-security |