From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Gitorious should use CRC128 / 256 / 512 instead of SHA-1
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:14:37 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk01oij4y.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y8NB21PExmifhyeQ@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Sat, 14 Jan 2023 23:59:23 +0000")
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
>> 3) Illicit contents may be present in binary blobs, which in the future may
>> be need to be removed without warrant and the only way to do that is by
>> rebasing and force pushing, which will break "everything". It can be
>> everything from child-porn to expired distribution licenses.
>
> This is a problem in every Merkle tree-like system. Most repositories
> have some sort of code review or access control that prevents people
> from generally pushing inappropriate content. For example, if somebody
> proposed to push any sort of pornography or other inappropriate content
> (e.g., a racist screed) to one of my repositories or one of my
> employer's, I'd refuse to approve or merge such a change, because
> that wouldn't be appropriate for the repository.
>
> I don't feel this is enough of a problem that using a Merkle tree-like
> construction is a bad idea, given the benefits it offers.
While I agree with the primary thrust of your argument, this one is
a bit tricky to reason about. External rules change and can declare
what has been accepted as appropriate inappropriate on a whim, long
after you reviewed the material coming into your history and decided
it was perfectly fine, under the then-prevailing definition of what
is and isn't appropriate.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-15 3:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-13 13:23 Gitorious should use CRC128 / 256 / 512 instead of SHA-1 Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-14 23:59 ` brian m. carlson
2023-01-15 3:14 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-01-15 10:09 ` demerphq
2023-01-16 7:21 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 7:23 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 12:34 ` rsbecker
2023-01-16 14:01 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 15:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-15 13:53 ` Michal Suchánek
2023-01-16 7:17 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 9:13 ` Michal Suchánek
2023-01-16 9:55 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 12:31 ` rsbecker
2023-01-16 14:10 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-16 19:08 ` Michal Suchánek
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-01-13 12:59 Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 13:30 ` Konstantin Khomoutov
2023-01-13 13:39 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 14:21 ` rsbecker
2023-01-13 14:42 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 15:45 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 15:50 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 15:56 ` rsbecker
2023-01-13 16:02 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 15:54 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:02 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 16:06 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:18 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:36 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 16:44 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:49 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 16:51 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:27 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 16:30 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:35 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 16:41 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-01-13 16:45 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 15:15 ` Hans Petter Selasky
2023-01-13 17:44 ` Philip Oakley
2023-01-13 15:30 ` Konstantin Khomoutov
2023-01-13 15:39 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
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