From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Brandon Williams <bwilliamseng@gmail.com>,
Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] tests: mark tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:10:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181227171058.GA146609@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87va3fdxcd.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
Hi,
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Hmph. The other overzealous thing you could do is to strenthen A
>> and "fix" the security issue in v2? Which letter comes before A in
>> the alphabet? ;-)
Yes, agreed. This is what I was hinting at in [1] with "it's a plain
bug".
> Sure, but that being useful is predicated on this supposed security
> mechanism being useful and not just security-through-obscurity, as noted
> in side-threads I don't think we have a convincing argument either way
> (and the one we do have is more on the "it's not secure" side).
>
> Of course we had that with v1 all along, but now that v2 is in released
> versions and in this insecure mode, we have a reason to closely look at
> whether we need to be issuing security releases, or doubling down on the
> "SECURITY" wording in git-fetch and then not carrying the mode forward.
Just for the record, as I've already said, I would be strongly against
removing this feature. I know of multiple populations that make use
of it, and removing it would not serve them well.
Changing defaults and documentation is a separate story.
Sincerely,
Jonathan
[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20181217231452.GA13835@google.com/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-27 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-11 10:42 [PATCH 0/3] protocol v2 and hidden refs Jeff King
2018-12-11 10:43 ` [PATCH 1/3] serve: pass "config context" through to individual commands Jeff King
2018-12-14 2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-14 8:20 ` Jeff King
2018-12-15 0:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-16 10:25 ` Jeff King
2018-12-16 11:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-18 12:47 ` Jeff King
2018-12-14 8:36 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-12-14 8:55 ` Jeff King
2018-12-14 9:28 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-12-14 9:55 ` Jeff King
2018-12-11 10:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] parse_hide_refs_config: handle NULL section Jeff King
2018-12-14 2:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-11 10:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] upload-pack: support hidden refs with protocol v2 Jeff King
2018-12-11 11:45 ` [PATCH 0/3] protocol v2 and hidden refs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-11 13:55 ` Jeff King
2018-12-11 21:21 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add a GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=X test mode Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-11 21:24 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-11 21:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] tests: add a special setup where for protocol.version Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-12 0:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] Some fixes and improvements Jonathan Tan
2018-12-12 0:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] squash this into your patch Jonathan Tan
2018-12-12 0:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] builtin/fetch-pack: support protocol version 2 Jonathan Tan
2018-12-12 0:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] also squash this into your patch Jonathan Tan
2018-12-13 2:49 ` [PATCH 0/3] Some fixes and improvements Junio C Hamano
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] protocol v2 fixes Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-18 12:48 ` Jeff King
2018-12-17 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] serve: pass "config context" through to individual commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] parse_hide_refs_config: handle NULL section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] upload-pack: support hidden refs with protocol v2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 22:40 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] fetch-pack: support protocol version 2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-01-08 19:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-01-08 20:38 ` Jonathan Tan
2019-01-08 21:14 ` Jeff King
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] serve: pass "config context" through to individual commands Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] parse_hide_refs_config: handle NULL section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] upload-pack: support hidden refs with protocol v2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] tests: add a check for unportable env --unset Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] tests: add a special setup where for protocol.version Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 19:48 ` Jonathan Tan
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] tests: mark & fix tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=1 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] builtin/fetch-pack: support protocol version 2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-14 10:17 ` Jeff King
2018-12-13 15:58 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] tests: mark tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 16:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-14 2:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-14 10:12 ` Jeff King
2018-12-14 10:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-14 11:08 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 19:59 ` Jeff King
2018-12-17 19:57 ` Jeff King
2018-12-17 22:16 ` [PATCH] upload-pack: turn on uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant=true Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 22:34 ` David Turner
2018-12-17 22:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-17 23:07 ` David Turner
2018-12-17 23:14 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] tests: mark tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2 Jonathan Nieder
2018-12-17 23:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-18 0:02 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-12-18 9:28 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-18 12:41 ` Jeff King
2018-12-18 12:36 ` Jeff King
2018-12-18 13:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-26 22:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-27 11:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-27 17:10 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2018-12-11 21:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] tests: mark tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=1 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-11 21:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] tests: mark tests broken under GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=2 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-13 19:53 ` [PATCH 0/3] protocol v2 and hidden refs Jonathan Tan
2018-12-14 8:35 ` Jeff King
2018-12-15 19:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-12-16 10:40 ` Jeff King
2018-12-16 11:47 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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