From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package.el + DVCS for security and convenience Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:47:46 +0900 Message-ID: <87bodacgnh.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <8738zf70ep.fsf@riseup.net> <871uejlbm1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87obhmzl2f.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20121222141742.7494b429fe36e5ccef50cf6f@gmail.com> <87d2y2w9j5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87wqwas0gr.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87d2y2p6d7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87sj6xg9p2.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87k3s78hsc.fsf@lifelogs.com> <874njbuen3.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87bodg7v1t.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87d2xwtcqo.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ip7i5v2k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ehi6cshp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ip7i1gbz.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356972481 3831 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2012 16:48:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:48:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 17:48:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TpiX6-0004mb-UM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:48:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38923 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpiWs-0007jW-4k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:47:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33442) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpiWp-0007jH-Up for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:47:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpiWo-0008Ny-SV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:47:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:35296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpiWo-0008NX-IH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 090659708FC for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 01:47:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C4F3D1A3222; Tue, 1 Jan 2013 01:47:46 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <87ip7i1gbz.fsf@lifelogs.com> X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta32) "habanero" b0d40183ac79 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.224 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:156033 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > The GnuTLS libraries are not an external binary tool. Do you mean > `gnutls-cli'? No, I mean the externally maintained *binary* libraries that will be linked to, rather than called via fork or similar. Thus the following question. > SJT> The question is whether dynamic linkage is any safer than using the > SJT> command line interface. > > You should ask a security expert. I've already cited a security expert (the GPG team). You disclaim expertise, but are willing to say you think following that advice is a bad idea. Hm.