From: Pavel Volkov <negaipub@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Internet security.
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:36:01 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7746439.y0vQmxOMge@melforce> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <522DD479.80001@orlitzky.com>
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On Monday 09 September 2013 10:00:25 Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> No. There's a GLEP for some of these issues:
>
> https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0057.html
>
> The relevant part is,
>
> ...any non-Gentoo controlled rsync mirror can modify executable code;
> as much of this code is per default run as root a malicious mirror
> could compromise hundreds of systems per day - if cloaked well
> enough, such an attack could run for weeks before being noticed.
I noticed there's another GLEP which eliminates the mirror problem:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0058.html
It's marked as accepted. I hope they'll implement it in reasonable time.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-09 17:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-09 1:33 [gentoo-user] Internet security Dale
2013-09-09 2:05 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-09 5:28 ` Mick
2013-09-09 13:42 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-09 18:07 ` Mick
2013-09-09 19:24 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-10 5:33 ` Mick
2013-09-09 6:50 ` Adam Carter
2013-09-09 13:48 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-09 7:19 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-09-09 14:00 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-09 17:36 ` Pavel Volkov [this message]
2013-09-09 17:51 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-09-09 5:37 ` Mick
2013-09-09 9:36 ` thegeezer
2013-09-09 11:08 ` Bruce Hill
2013-09-09 11:22 ` thegeezer
2013-09-09 14:28 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2013-09-09 15:30 ` thegeezer
2013-09-09 16:04 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2013-09-09 16:41 ` thegeezer
2013-09-09 15:30 ` Dale
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