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Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:58:35 -0400 |
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>> I expect it's safer to "git fetch + git diff" from a random machine out
>> there than it is to have your MUA process a random email from
>> a random person.
> Really? Doesn't the mail server from which I fetch email do something
> to protect me?
It probably runs some anti-virus scanner. If you believe in anti-virus
scanners, then maybe you'll count that as improving your security a bit.
But it's not like Git doesn't do its due diligence in sanity checking.
And "git diff" can't generate a malware attachment (it can spew junk
but that should be no more harmful than if it were attached to an
email).
It's not like I completely trust in Git's C code, but since that same
code is used by many Git servers, I think it's likely that it's been
reasonably scrutinized and is at least as safe as your MUA (probably
safer than any Elisp MUA).
Stefan
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, (continued)
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Konstantin Kharlamov, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Teemu Likonen, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Juri Linkov, 2019/03/23
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Richard Stallman, 2019/03/22
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/23
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Konstantin Kharlamov, 2019/03/23
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/23
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Van L, 2019/03/24
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/24
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Richard Stallman, 2019/03/23
- Re: [RFE] Migration to gitlab, Konstantin Kharlamov, 2019/03/22