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From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>,
	"pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>,
	59383@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#59383] [PATCH] doc: Call out potential for downgrade attacks with time-machine.
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:58:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmdfifov.fsf_-_@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86a64kk11y.fsf@gmail.com> (zimoun's message of "Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:19:05 +0100")

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> @quotation Note
> The history of Guix is immutable and @command{guix time-machine}
> provides the exact same software as they are in a specific Guix
> revision.  Naturally, no security fixes are provided for old versions
> of Guix or its channels.  A careless use of @command{guix time-machine}
> opens the door to security vulnerabilities @xref{Invoking guix pull,
> @option{--allow-downgrades}}.
> @end quotation

I like that wording.  Florian, WDYT?

Ludo’.




  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-22  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-19 12:09 [bug#59383] [PATCH] doc: Call out potential for downgrade attacks with time-machine pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2022-11-19 13:37 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2022-11-19 17:39   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2022-11-21 11:19     ` zimoun
2022-11-22  7:58       ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2022-11-22 14:47         ` bug#59383: " pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)

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