Re: Concerns about Security of packages in Debain OS and the Operating system itself.

Adam McKenna <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.security,gmane.linux.debian.devel.general,gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
Message-ID <CA+_b3XbKZhZH5WUOXXrQB0P9D6iPT67FuBtzioxyYGrPRkV0Og@mail.gmail.com>
> they get one and only one chance to do something that stupid.

So the answer is that we have no way of preventing a developer from
intentionally sabotaging a package in any / as many ways as they choose and
the only risk to them is losing their uploader access after the fact?

>the response is swift: there was a debian developer wrongfully arrested
for running a TOR exit node. their key was revoked immediately.

How was this incident detected?


On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:07 PM lkcl <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 7:59 PM Adam McKenna <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You are talking about a deterrent though.  I think the question is,
> > what if someone cares more about their political cause than
> > retaining their uploader access?
>
> they get one and only one chance to do something that stupid.
>
> > What if someone's keys are compromised
>
> the response is swift: there was a debian developer wrongfully
> arrested for running a TOR exit node. their key was revoked
> immediately.
>
> l.
>
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