[ale] Security breach on kernel.org

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Sep 1 12:03:58 EDT 2011


JD <jdp at algoloma.com> writes:

> Git is an amazing tool with sha1 signatures for stored objects and using
> a DVCS means that pretty much anyone anywhere in the world can compare
> all the code changes between any dates they like.  Every kernel
> developer would need to have been cracked for me to worry.

I'm not worried about the kernel code.  I'm worried about all the other
repositories that kernel.org mirrors!

-derek

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