From b02fffa64833e1f8e2617669d89de0a6d0882747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:46:35 +0200 Subject: rename the options, document them and reorder the changelog a bit --- doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/examples/configure-index | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index fe005e0f1..0cf4bb663 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -230,6 +230,30 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; and the URI handlers. + Check-Valid-Until + Security related option defaulting to true as an + expiring validation for a Release file prevents longtime replay attacks + and can e.g. also help users to identify no longer updated mirrors - + but the feature depends on the correctness of the time on the user system. + Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with the + Valid-Until header, but if they don't or a stricter value + is volitional the following Max-ValidTime option can be used. + + + + Max-ValidTime + Seconds the Release file should be considered valid after + it was created. The default is "for ever" (0) if the Release file of the + archive doesn't include a Valid-Until header. + If it does then this date is the default. The date from the Release file or + the date specified by the creation time of the Release file + (Date header) plus the seconds specified with this + options are used to check if the validation of a file has expired by using + the earlier date of the two. Archive specific settings can be made by + appending the label of the archive to the option name. + + + PDiffs Try to download deltas called PDiffs for Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index index d168417d8..127feb9e9 100644 --- a/doc/examples/configure-index +++ b/doc/examples/configure-index @@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ Acquire PDiffs::SizeLimit "50"; // don't use diffs if size of all patches excess // 50% of the size of the original file + Check-Valid-Until "true"; + Max-ValidTime "864000"; // 10 days + Max-ValidTime::Debian-Security "604800"; // 7 days, label specific configuration + // HTTP method configuration http { -- cgit v1.2.3