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kernel.org compromised

kernel.org compromised

Posted Sep 2, 2011 14:25 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: kernel.org compromised by Duncan
Parent article: kernel.org compromised

I'm not talking about the PGP signatures for the tarballs. I'm talking about the signed *tags* in the git tree: the object you see via e.g. 'git show v3.0.4'. That is part of the git repo and cannot be forged without access to Greg's private key. Now a hostile attacker could add a fake one, but the key would be different, and Greg would be certain to notice.


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