Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:43:13 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD src repo transitioning to git this weekend Message-ID: <66834.1609616593@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti2-9gsLXv0DqbBfn6K=Ded%2BMy1grYpwV3EAKf8mW_V=baA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20201223162417.v7Ce6%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20201229011939.GU31099@funkthat.com> <20201229210454.Lh4y_%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20201230004620.GB31099@funkthat.com> <CAD2Ti2-4xS5n0%2B1oLOHyFh4%2BOCnwtNAAwMkkWzwRVDnt-xmb1Q@mail.gmail.com> <20201231193908.GC31099@funkthat.com> <CAD2Ti2-dKMOx2-k71UyZs1kAGCXPuVwO9ee861oRFNV=aCfuqA@mail.gmail.com> <20210101140857.x3hbci6c4nwi7gl7@mutt-hbsd> <slrnruv17k.rlr.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <CAKBkRUy_MJDpROVbX=MhvHvdBJTEaYU83cHMHaqsEDcLX4KKRw@mail.gmail.com> <20210102021254.35o3snqb5fcvmbt3@mutt-hbsd> <60082.1609572957@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAD2Ti2-9gsLXv0DqbBfn6K=Ded%2BMy1grYpwV3EAKf8mW_V=baA@mail.gmail.com>
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-------- grarpamp writes: > > No amount of cryptography can or will protect against that. > > Though it can help attribute that to a source, No. You would end up with the committer saying "it came in as a bug-report, I looked at it, and it looked sensible so I committed it." Unless you are going to *enforce* (how?!) that all committers only commit patches they received under full cryptographic & biometric custody from verified communications partners, it will always end up being unattributable. Even if you were able to pin the blame on a particular committer, that person would simply cease to exist, because it was only a cover identity to begin with. > > As interesting as this thread has been (not!) > > Contrare. > [...] > Defense in depth. ... is a lot harder than most IT-people realize, because most IT-people almost invariably ignore the entire human and political aspect of the problem. See also: "Operation Orchestra" by yours truly. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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