On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 9:43 PM Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]
<imsop....@rwec.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Similarly, if you discover a compromised key or signing account, you can look 
> for uses of that key or account, which might be a tiny number from a non-core 
> contributor; if you discover a compromised account pushing unsigned commits, 
> you have to audit every commit in the repository.

Right, that and what Jakub mentioned are fair arguments.

> I agree it's not a complete solution, but no security measure is; it's always 
> about reducing the attack surface or limiting the damage.

Right. That was the original intention of my e-mail: To point out that
we might also want to consider other mitigations. Not that we
shouldn't do commit signing.

Ilija

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