I vote +1 [x ] +1 Accept this donation.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:56 AM Brian Spector <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > A few days ago we received a code donation from Howard [1] that falls > under his ICLA and the CCLA from Qredo. > This donation contains the 'in development' alpha version of the new > Decentralized Trust Authority software client which we would like to > release broadly in a series of staged releases until a final GA version in > Q4. We would like to get the alpha release out asap, followed by a beta, > then an RC1 and finally a GA version. > > The vision is that the D-TA will be the server process that functions as > the master key generation server for a) issuing Type-3 pairing/identity > based secrets for M-Pin clients and servers (the original D-TA version) and > b) safeguard shares of secrets like Bitcoin private keys. > > The problem with the initial version of the M-Pin client/server code into > Milagro was that there was no standardized REST API method to issue > identity based secrets for M-Pin clients and servers, and the Trust > Authority was conflated with the authentication server. This new donation > fixes that design limitation and enables a broader set of functional use > cases to be addressed, particular for protecting cryptocurrency private > keys. > > Because this D-TA is developed outside of the ASF version control and > mailing list, this donation will need to be formally accepted and follow > the IP clearance procedure [2]. > > I would like to start a formal vote on accepting this code. If the vote is > successful I will start with the IP clearance. > > Please vote: > > [ ] +1 Accept this donation. > [ ] 0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Don't accept this donation (please motivate your vote). > > Greetings, > Brian > > [1]: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-milagro-dta/commit/e1067aef61dc0b2a523348dc9b71eb578983c9ee > [2]: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ >
