From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz>
Cc: "Nicolas Débonnaire" <n.debonnaire@gmail.com>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Building from git
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:59:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86v8clajxs.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZPoMOownmyo2ADhc@ws>
Hi,
On Thu, 07 Sep 2023 at 19:45, wolf <wolf@wolfsden.cz> wrote:
>> The Makefile does not run ‘guix git authenticate’ using ./pre-inst-env.
>> And that’s probably to ensure the source of trust. If one corrupt the
>> commit that is built, then ’make authenticate’ would authenticate the
>> corruption because it would run the corrupted newly built guix command.
>> Currently, ’make authenticate’ run one guix command that had already
>> been authenticated. Well, that’s my understanding.
>
> Hmm, but the recipe for the authenticate rule comes from the (possibly)
> compromised source, no? So the attacker can just modify the recipe instead of
> the command going the authentication. Am I missing something?
Yes, the corruption of Makefile.am can be the corruption I was talking about.
Well, for more explanations one can maybe read:
[bug#57909] bug#57910: [PATCH] Add link to 'pre-inst-env' from 'installing from git' docs
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:58:29 +0200
id:87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
https://issues.guix.gnu.org//57910
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
https://yhetil.org/guix/87k05s7oii.fsf_-_@gnu.org
[bug#57909] bug#57910: [PATCH] Add link to 'pre-inst-env' from 'installing from git' docs
Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:23:10 +0200
id:ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
https://issues.guix.gnu.org//57910
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
https://yhetil.org/guix/ec49e6c2-a542-7d95-0d73-10b2816c59d2@telenet.be
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-09 9:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-02 9:03 Building from git Nicolas Débonnaire
2023-09-05 14:18 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-09-07 12:06 ` Simon Tournier
2023-09-07 16:37 ` Bruno Victal
2023-09-07 17:45 ` wolf
2023-09-07 18:59 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-10-23 17:16 ` Nicolas Débonnaire
2023-09-08 9:10 ` Josselin Poiret
2023-09-08 9:47 ` Wojtek Kosior via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-09-08 11:11 ` wolf
2023-09-09 8:32 ` Josselin Poiret
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