Re: Why no secure code retrieval

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>]

Konstantin Kliakhandler writes:
> For what it is worth, the current discussion is actually precisely what I
> was aiming at. I agree with your analysis of my Intended goals but
> completely disagree that SHA1 alone is any sort of guarantee.. To be
> precise, I don't just think that it doesn't provide much, but rather that
> alone it provides none at all. This is because I have no idea who produced
> a given SHA1 - whether it was Bastien, or a MITM attacker, or just someone
> who compromised the server.

Getting the same data via https doesn't give you that sort of guarantee
either, it only ensures that the data cannot be read and altered in
transport.  If the server or repo gets compromised, then it is game over
until someone notices that the server suddenly doesn't match up the
local clone.


Regards,
Achim.
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