Authenticating commands with S/MIME or PGP

RT Developers
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Hello,

I’ve seen a few threads over the years about RT accepting authenticated
commands, but I don’t think there’s any code to do this right now.
(Please correct me if I’m wrong.) Anyway, as part of an internal
application I’m writing, I’ve written a Message::Authenticate module
(will be CPAN’d ASAP) that handles authenticating e-mails via either PGP
or S/MIME. I don’t think it would be very hard to add this
functionality to RT, but I wonder what sort of functionality is desired,
i.e. what sort of message is considered trusted. Any PGP-signed
message? Key matches a fingerprint for the account, as set in the
Preferences tab? Certificate is signed by some trusted CA (and matches
the e-mail address, which matches an RT user).

Example use-cases would be appreciated… and when I figure out what
other people want, I’ll hack it into RT and see how it works.

Regards,
Jonathan Rockway

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I’ve seen a few threads over the years about RT accepting authenticated
commands, but I don’t think there’s any code to do this right now.
(Please correct me if I’m wrong.) Anyway, as part of an internal
application I’m writing, I’ve written a Message::Authenticate module
(will be CPAN’d ASAP) that handles authenticating e-mails via either PGP
or S/MIME. I don’t think it would be very hard to add this
functionality to RT, but I wonder what sort of functionality is desired,
i.e. what sort of message is considered trusted.

I’d love to know how this compares to RT::Interface::email::Auth::GnuPG.

I look forward to seeing what you’ve put together.

Best,
Jesse