On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:13:59AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 09:03:06PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:09:48AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 01:13:19PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 07:12:15PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > > > Take the harden package, or create something similar: a package that
> > > > > conflicts with all versions of packages with known security holes.
> > > > Why not just /fix/ the holes? Is uploading a package with a well known
> > > > patch _really_ that hard?
> > > The fact is, we don't have a security architecture, or even autobuilders
> > > for testing,
> > Uh, actually, we have both these things. We've had them for almost a year
> > now, although they haven't been used.
> So, the infrastructure is there, but not turned on ?
No, it's sitting there, waiting for someone to use it. After a year's
neglect it might need some metaphorical oil on its hinges and some
dusting, but it really is there. I'm not just saying this for rhetorical
value.
Cheers,
aj
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