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Date:      Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:48:11 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
To:        Michael Ross <gmx@ross.cx>
Cc:        Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD needs Git to ensure repo integrity [was: 2012 incident]
Message-ID:  <CADLo838oG26KmfHJ%2BtLh82GoJzzRtfqy69%2BNny1_DC8F8X4POQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <op.wnxq9eo0g7njmm@michael-think>
References:  <CAD2Ti29UoFcHendR8CcdQ4FPNW1HH0O47B1i3JW00Lke2m2POg@mail.gmail.com> <20121117221143.41c29ba2@nonamehost> <op.wnxq9eo0g7njmm@michael-think>

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On 17 Nov 2012 21:00, "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:11:43 +0100, Ivan Klymenko <fidaj@ukr.net> wrote:
>
>> =D0=92 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:00:06 -0500
>> grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
>>
>>> http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html
>>>
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/11/17/143219/freebsd-project-discloses-secu=
rity-breach-via-stolen-ssh-key
>>>
>>> This is not about this incident, but about why major opensource
>>> projects need to be using a repository that has traceable, verifiable,
>>> built-in cryptographic authentication.
>>>
>
>> LOL And how will this help Linux?
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/457142/
>
>
> In the first comment on the article you link to, you find this:
>
>
http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/171-jonathan-corbet/491001-the-cra=
cking-of-kernelorg
>
> where the OPs view is susbstantiated.

Yes, but git doesn't work with our workflow.  It's been discussed several
times, and changing to a tool that doesn't work for us (and is GPL btw) is
no good at all.

Chris



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