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Re: Discarding uploaded binary packages



Hi,

On 16.10.2012 14:00, Russell Coker wrote:
> There are a fairly small number of Debian servers.  So even if the probability 
> of system compromise for a Debian server was the same as for a laptop owned by 
> a random DD the fact that DD workstations outnumber Debian servers by at least 
> 200:1 makes them more of a risk.

Not a strong argument. The impact of a compromise of a buildd [or J
Random Developer's machine running the buildd] is substantially higher
given the compromise would affect 30k source packages, as opposed to [1,
$whatever_gregoa_maintains_today[ of packages distributed amongst 950+
individual machines.

Moreover, if you go down that path, you do not win anything of the state
being, as an attacker can still make a sourceful upload which enters the
archive unaudited as well.

Not to say, throwing away binary packages would be a bad idea though. We
just need someone to care enough to implement missing bits and find a
way how to deal with arch:all.



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with kind regards,
Arno Töll
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