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Re: xz backdoor



On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 11:22:33PM -0300, Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote:
> > I agree that dogfooding is important for discovering quality issues, but
> > I think it's a poor argument for discovering security issues, especially
> > if it concerns a host which is used for building and signing packages.
> > 
> > As I mentioned earlier, I think containers are one good way to have
> > almost the best of both worlds. One can do anything one could do on
> > host, all while being isolated from that host, and with very little
> > overhead but also a ton of useful extra features.
> 
> I don't see the real benefit.
> 
> As others have said, the best solution is to relay on HSW for handling
> the cryptographic material.
Aren't these answers to different questions?
Not all attacks are about stealing the key or using it to sign unintended
things.


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