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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:29:11 +0200
From:      Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lessons from the PHP git repo "hack"
Message-ID:  <20210331142911.qg4pinaiz7yy6rzy@nexus.home.palmen-it.de>
In-Reply-To: <1035BFA8-667D-45CD-9066-848351F648EF@kreme.com>
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* @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> [20210331 08:03]:
> > Apart from the fact there's only one ports tree=E2=80=A6
>=20
> How does that make any difference? If someone gains access to the repo
> and makes changes everyone gets this changes.

Difference is that it has nothing to do with FreeBSD 13.

> > I'd say the lesson is keep your systems updated and pay attention to
> > keep your credentials safe/secret. I don't see how Github would
> > prevent such an incident any better.
>=20
> That is making an assumption that the people running the php git
> server were incompetent, which is not something I am willing to do at
> this point.

What's your alternative theory? Does it imply Github would be "more
secure", and if so, how?

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