[NodeJS NPM] security concerns

2013-10-01 Thread Pedro Worcel
Hi. NPM nodejs package manager doesn't check for https signatures comunicating with the central repo, which could give an attacker with MITM capabilities the possibility to execute code. The issue is here https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/1204. The maintainer considers this to be a bug that

Re: SSL for debian.org/security?

2013-10-29 Thread Pedro Worcel
I fail to see what would make what hard, could you please explain? 2013/10/30 Jonathan Spearman j...@jstc.info -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If I am not misunderstanding this. The object is to secure the site so it won't be hacked. Why is there this need to use TOR? If I

Re: SSL for debian.org/security?

2013-11-12 Thread Pedro Worcel
Also, what is to prevent someone interfering with the creation of the certificate that will be embedded in the device (or poor pseudo-random while generating it, etc.), and what would be the cost of replacing the certificate inside the device once/if compromised? 2013/11/12 Andreas Kuckartz

Re: concrete steps for improving apt downloading security and privacy

2014-07-10 Thread Pedro Worcel
2014-07-07 12:13 GMT-08:00 Andrea Zwirner and...@linkspirit.org: Can you proof it? Or maybe, you can tell the list what the attached image - that is encrypted with Moritz Muehlenhoff's and Florian Weimer's public keys - represent? Cheers (and thanks Mr. Moritz and Mr. Florian - who were

Re: Iceweasel and web browsers vulnerabilty concerning poodle.

2014-10-16 Thread Pedro Worcel
​Just something related I happened to stumble across: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/10/15/google-mozilla-sslv3/1​

Re: Iceweasel and web browsers vulnerabilty concerning poodle.

2014-10-16 Thread Pedro Worcel
Sorry about the double email, this is the original source for Mozilla https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/10/14/the-poodle-attack-and-the-end-of-ssl-3-0/ 2014-10-17 9:12 GMT+13:00 Pedro Worcel pe...@worcel.com: ​Just something related I happened to stumble across: http://www.bit-tech.net

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 3211-1] iceweasel security update

2015-05-17 Thread Pedro Worcel
Keep in mind that if you use a non-tor browser in order to browse through Tor you would still be trackable to a degree. Please see https://panopticlick.eff.org/ 2015-05-08 16:18 GMT+12:00 Riley Baird bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch: I'm not from the iceweasel team, but I