From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fetch/push: document that private data can be leaked
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:00:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbmxhyjij.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1479148088.2406.27.camel@mattmccutchen.net> (Matt McCutchen's message of "Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:28:08 -0500")
Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> writes:
>> Yup, and then "do not push to untrustworthy place without checking
>> what you are pushing", too?
>
> If there is no private data in the repository, then there is no need
> for the user to check what they are pushing. As I've indicated before,
> IMO manually checking each push would not be a workable security
> measure in the long term anyway.
Then what is? Don't answer; this is a rhetorical question.
The answer is "do not push to untrustworthy place", if you are
unable to check what you are pushing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-14 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-28 21:39 Fetch/push lets a malicious server steal the targets of "have" lines Matt McCutchen
2016-10-28 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-28 22:16 ` Matt McCutchen
2016-10-29 1:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-29 3:33 ` Matt McCutchen
2016-10-29 13:39 ` Jeff King
2016-10-29 16:08 ` Matt McCutchen
2016-10-29 19:10 ` Jeff King
2016-10-30 7:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-13 1:25 ` [PATCH] fetch/push: document that private data can be leaked Matt McCutchen
2016-11-14 2:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 18:28 ` Matt McCutchen
2016-11-14 18:20 ` [PATCH] doc: mention transfer data leaks in more places Matt McCutchen
2016-11-14 19:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-11-14 19:07 ` [PATCH] fetch/push: document that private data can be leaked Jeff King
2016-11-14 19:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 19:08 ` Matt McCutchen
[not found] ` <CAPc5daVOxmowdiTU3ScFv6c_BRVEJ+G92gx_AmmKnR-WxUKv-Q@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-29 16:07 ` Fetch/push lets a malicious server steal the targets of "have" lines Matt McCutchen
2016-10-30 8:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-13 2:10 ` Matt McCutchen
2016-10-29 17:38 ` Jon Loeliger
2016-10-30 8:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-13 2:44 ` Matt McCutchen
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