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Authenticating Git pull requests

Authenticating Git pull requests

Posted Nov 11, 2011 14:27 UTC (Fri) by PaXTeam (subscriber, #24616)
Parent article: Authenticating Git pull requests

> While we certainly don't want to court adversity, we certainly do take advantage of it when it happens.

reactive security is the sign of the careless, not the careful...


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Authenticating Git pull requests

Posted Nov 13, 2011 0:39 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

While we certainly don't want to court adversity, we certainly do take advantage of it when it happens.
reactive security is the sign of the careless, not the careful...

And that's what "we certainly don't want to court adversity" means.

It's not the reacting that is the careless part of reactive security.

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