On Sunday 01 May 2011 20:10:24 Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:31 PM, <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
> > The repo poisoning issue is a canard - Maven checks the hashes and sig's
> >
> 
> Checking hashes and signatures is hardly a cast-iron guarantee against Maven
> repo poisoning.  If someone can slip a subtle vulnerability into the source
> of any Maven dependency then no amount of hash or signature checking will
> detect it.
> 
> Not that I'm opposed to switching to Maven (or perhaps Ivy, given that Maven
> pom files are horrible to work with), but let's at least acknowledge risks
> where they exist.

IMHO it is acceptable to use precompiled jars as long as they are signed and 
verified by hash. I have not seen - so far - any clear documentation to the 
effect that Maven ALWAYS checks signatures or secure hashes.

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