add sources.list Check-Valid-Until and Valid-Until-{Max,Min} options

These options could be set via configuration before, but the connection
to the actual sources is so strong that they should really be set in the
sources.list instead – especially as this can be done a lot more
specific rather than e.g. disabling Valid-Until for all sources at once.

Valid-Until-* names are chosen instead of the Min/Max-ValidTime as this
seems like a better name and their use in the wild is probably low
enough that this isn't going to confuse anyone if we have to names for
the same thing in different areas.

In the longrun, the config options should be removed, but for now
documentation hinting at the new options is good enough as these are the
kind of options you set once across many systems with different apt
versions, so the new way should work everywhere first before we
deprecate the old way.

3 files changed, 58 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 5b6788ed4..b0fe390df 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -531,9 +531,13 @@
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
-     This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
-     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt
+	   about it.  This can be useful while working with local repositories,
+	   but is a huge security risk if data authenticity isn't ensured in
+	   another way by the user itself.  The usage of the
+	   <option>Trusted</option> option for &sources-list; entries should
+	   usually be preferred over this global override.  Configuration Item:
+	   <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--no-allow-insecure-repositories</option></term>
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 7d5f7e9b3..103d0622c 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a
      stricter value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal>
      option below can be used.
+     The <option>Check-Valid-Until</option> option of &sources-list; entries should be
+     preferred to disable the check selectively instead of using this global override.
      </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
@@ -312,7 +314,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 	 the earlier date of the two is used as the expiration date.
 	 The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands for "valid forever".
 	 Archive specific settings can be made by appending the label of the archive
-	 to the option name.
+	 to the option name. Preferably, the same can be achieved for specific
+	 &sources-list; entries by using the <option>Valid-Until-Max</option> option there.
 	 </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
@@ -324,7 +327,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 	 frequently updated archive with a <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header
 	 instead of completely disabling the expiration date checking.
 	 Archive specific settings can and should be used by appending the label of
-	 the archive to the option name.
+	 the archive to the option name. Preferably, the same can be achieved for specific
+	 &sources-list; entries by using the <option>Valid-Until-Min</option> option there.
 	 </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index f87dcda23..aded8ecef 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -202,26 +202,26 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
        APT versions.
 
        <itemizedlist>
-	  <listitem><para><literal>Architectures</literal>
-		(<literal>arch</literal>) is a multivalue option defining for
+	  <listitem><para><option>Architectures</option>
+		(<option>arch</option>) is a multivalue option defining for
 		which architectures information should be downloaded. If this
 		option isn't set the default is all architectures as defined by
-		the <literal>APT::Architectures</literal> config option.
+		the <option>APT::Architectures</option> config option.
 	  </para></listitem>
 
-	  <listitem><para><literal>Languages</literal>
-		(<literal>lang</literal>) is a multivalue option defining for
+	  <listitem><para><option>Languages</option>
+		(<option>lang</option>) is a multivalue option defining for
 		which languages information like translated package
 		descriptions should be downloaded.  If this option isn't set
 		the default is all languages as defined by the
-		<literal>Acquire::Languages</literal> config option.
+		<option>Acquire::Languages</option> config option.
 	  </para></listitem>
 
-	  <listitem><para><literal>Targets</literal>
-		(<literal>target</literal>) is a multivalue option defining
+	  <listitem><para><option>Targets</option>
+		(<option>target</option>) is a multivalue option defining
 		which download targets apt will try to acquire from this
 		source. If not specified, the default set is defined by the
-		<literal>APT::Acquire::Targets</literal> configuration scope.
+		<option>APT::Acquire::Targets</option> configuration scope.
 	  </para></listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
        anomalies.
 
        <itemizedlist>
-	  <listitem><para><literal>Trusted</literal> (<literal>trusted</literal>)
+	  <listitem><para><option>Trusted</option> (<option>trusted</option>)
 		is a tri-state value which defaults to APT deciding if a source
 		is considered trusted or if warnings should be raised before e.g.
 		packages are installed from this source. This option can be used
@@ -245,6 +245,41 @@ deb-src [ option1=value1 option2=value2 ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [.
 		as untrusted even if the authentication checks passed successfully.
 		The default value can't be set explicitly.
 	  </para></listitem>
+
+	  <listitem><para><option>Check-Valid-Until</option> (<option>check-valid-until</option>)
+		is a yes/no value which controls if APT should try to detect
+		replay attacks. A repository creator can declare until then the
+		data provided in the repository should be considered valid and
+		if this time is reached, but no new data is provided the data
+		is considered expired and an error is raised.  Beside
+		increasing security as a malicious attacker can't sent old data
+		forever denying a user to be able to upgrade to a new version,
+		this also helps users identify mirrors which are no longer
+		updated. Some repositories like historic archives aren't
+		updated anymore by design through, so this check can be
+		disabled by setting this option to <literal>no</literal>.
+		Defaults to the value of configuration option
+		<option>Acquire::Check-Valid-Until</option> which itself
+		defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
+	  </para></listitem>
+
+	  <listitem><para><option>Valid-Until-Min</option>
+		(<option>check-valid-min</option>) and
+		<option>Valid-Until-Max</option>
+		(<option>valid-until-max</option>) can be used to raise or
+		lower the time period in seconds in which the data from this
+		repository is considered valid. -Max can be especially useful
+		if the repository provides no Valid-Until field on its Release
+		file to set your own value, while -Min can be used to increase
+		the valid time on seldomly updated (local) mirrors of a more
+		frequently updated but less accessible archive (which is in the
+		sources.list as well) instead of disabling the check entirely.
+		Default to the value of the configuration options
+		<option>Acquire::Min-ValidTime</option> and
+		<option>Acquire::Max-ValidTime</option> which are both unset by
+		default.
+	  </para></listitem>
+
        </itemizedlist>
 
     </para>