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Re: [Cryptography] MITM source patching [was Schneier got spooked]

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Dillinger)
Sun Sep 8 13:41:53 2013

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From: Ray Dillinger <bear@sonic.net>
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On 09/08/2013 05:28 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

>every code update to the repository should be signed and
> recorded in an append only log and the log should be public and enable any
> party to audit the set of updates at any time.
>
> This would be 'Code Transparency'.
>
> Problem is we would need to modify GIT to implement.

Why is that a problem?  GIT is open-source.  I think even *I* might be
good enough to patch that.

					Ray


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