From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 12 03:59:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E35D51C5; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-x22d.google.com (mail-qg0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77F941356; Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id j5so6277754qga.18 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:59:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=5kO99zc/VgBqyQQIAA7HpzOlnY0eemw4EzbPFYk3KlE=; b=alB+i/ovv/DEdyWlawVDMgoouwqqXwDy4GGgOlkGVnvtYtxGgsgEfLVdczDZRjWCby XbwXxWQWL64A1jO769OWdVzcnH5R+xJolv6GcGztanQJ/gV2/Xd56GB8YAEkj/+C3Q59 qQaSAiJ8tJZBS5XhAJQg5nXXy1FGRrnHggHH7LbD5lOfSxhA1jHAfaTYljaQcfxe1shX J/gv7jSmWIQoMXcMDEGVTWxhbKdezt4/Zjq3hfMFS8XdXSYxsNg6YaFfPSdPcXf1F6Ez uGGcFrrg198B86bW+Lq+JSdAgI06VFy959AcLEFdEoLNZ4JNK+IMKNgT23x9NJ22M6Pn p0hA== X-Received: by 10.224.65.67 with SMTP id h3mr3750755qai.43.1397275186621; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:59:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.72.131 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:59:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53489CF9.70600@freebsd.org> References: <2012148.SzKMgBGQYg@desktop.reztek> <53489CF9.70600@freebsd.org> From: Anton Afanasyev Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:59:26 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: MITM attacks against portsnap and freebsd-update To: Julian Elischer X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:04:33 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: Matthew Rezny , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:59:48 -0000 On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > lot s of people have their environments set up assuming this is true. > (me included). It's also a worry abotu wether one has ht eright version of > SVN > or whether you need some special version (we did at one stage)... this > takes all > the qustions out of it. That makes sense. But it seems to me that having extra tools like SVN and rsync in the base, and having to keep them updated, is more trouble than using an extra script to let you install those utilities from ports. I know .. Git-lovers are upset.. > Was this addressed to me, or just a general rant/reference that I did not understand? Anton