Re: Potential security issue with make authenticate and mitigation

2024-05-02 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! John Kehayias skribis: > In 2020, the "guix git authenticate" tool was added in order to secure > updates (1). This protection is still intact! The tool also had the > secondary effect of protecting developers against malicious commits > while we are developing. In fact, the manual currently

Potential security issue with make authenticate and mitigation

2024-04-24 Thread John Kehayias
Hi Guix-ers, Please see the below message (and attached report for further details) of a potential security issue and mitigation in Guix, from Skyler Ferris. The very short version: 'make authenticate' is a potential attack vector, which can be mitigated by using 'guix git authenticate' in a devel