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diff --git a/docs/keymanager/index.rst b/docs/keymanager/index.rst index fa3f0c83..ed092ca9 100644 --- a/docs/keymanager/index.rst +++ b/docs/keymanager/index.rst @@ -4,10 +4,37 @@ Keymanager ================= -Soledad documents ------------------ +Keymanager is the Bitmask component that does key management, including generation, +discovery and validation. It is, esentially, a `nicknym`_ client that uses `Soledad`_ +as its storage layer. -KeyManager uses two types of documents for the keyring: +Keymanager handles the creation of a OpenPGP transparently in user's behalf. When +bootstrapping a new account, keymanager will generate a new key pair. The key +pair is stored encrypted inside soledad (and therefore able to be synced by +other replicas). After generating it, the public key is sent to the provider, +which will sign it and replace any prior keys for the same address in its database. + +To discover keys for other users, the `nicknym`_ client in keymanager will query +the nicknym server associated with user's provider, and will process the keys +that the server returns. This query has the following form:: + + https://nicknym.test.bitmask.net:6425?address=user@example.com + +And it's up to the the provider's service to determine the sources for the keys. + +Keymanager currently implements all the levels defined in the `Transitional Key +Validation`_ spec, although the mechanisms for validation currently in place +only reach level 2 of what's contemplated in the spec. + + +.. _nicknym: https://leap.se/en/docs/design/nicknym +.. _Soledad: https://leap.se/en/docs/design/soledad +.. _'transitional key validation': https://leap.se/en/docs/design/transitional-key-validation + +Implementation: using Soledad documents +--------------------------------------- + +KeyManager uses two types of Soledad documents for the keyring: * key document, that stores each gpg key. |