Claudiu Cismaru wrote:

> On Tuesday 11 November 2003 17:48, Adrian Coman wrote:
> 
>>http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7388
> 
> 
> E de cateva zile asta :)) Noroc ca oamenii (defapt Linus) se mai uita si 
> pe logurile CVS... si a observat ca doua commit-uri au fost "fake"... 

Pe asta de unde ai scos-o? Scrie clar in articol:

"the hack fell apart Wednesday, when a routine file integrity check told 
McVoy that someone had manually changed a copy of a kernel source code 
file that's normally only modified by an automated process, specifically 
one that pulls the code from BitMover's BitKeeper software collaboration 
tool and repackages it for the open source CVS system still favored by 
some developers.

Even then, McVoy didn't initially recognize the change as a backdoor, 
and he announced to the Linux kernel developers list as a procedural 
annoyance. Other programmers soon figured out the trick, and by Thursday 
an investigation into how the development site was compromised was 
underway, headed by Linux chief Linus Torvalds, according to McVoy.

If BitMover didn't run automated integrity checks, the backdoor could 
have made it into the official release of version 2.6 of the kernel".

Exista un CMS numit BitKeeper in care se tin sursele kernelului. Pentru 
dezvoltatorii care prefera CVS-ul, se extrage o copie si formateaza 
pentru CVS printr-un proces automat. "Omul" de la BitMover au observat o 
modificare manuala a acestei copii, a anuntat dezvoltatorii despre 
aceasta, acestia din urma au facut un diff, l-au analizat si au 
descoperit problema.

Investigatia "prinde orbul scoate-i ochii" e condusa de Linus Torvalds.

Asta ca sa respectam adevarul istoric :)

Grig


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