Another concern is sourceforge being attacked and a backdoored client uploaded.
Most people don't check signatures and I seem to recall sourceforge having some
vulnerabilities stemming from their "your own website on sourceforge" feature.
It looks like Github takes security a little bit more seriou
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Lister wrote:
>>The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade with sanctioned countries",
> period, where making
>>files available to download is considered trade.
>
> Spot on, in 2005 when I lived in (among other places) Sudan, Sourceforge
> would block certain
>The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade with sanctioned countries",
period, where making
>files available to download is considered trade.
Spot on, in 2005 when I lived in (among other places) Sudan, Sourceforge
would block certain downloads (but not the project site). That said it
was trivia
The laws in question are OFAC sanctions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control
The specific acts that enable this are varied. In theory they apply to
any US citizen or resident. The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade
with sanctioned countries", period, where making fil
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Christian Decker
wrote:
> Being an international team I'm pretty sure we can find someone who is in a
> more permissive country.
> Would someone knowledgeable point us to the specific laws, so that we can
> look it up in our respective jurisdiction?
The only restr
Being an international team I'm pretty sure we can find someone who is in a
more permissive country.
Would someone knowledgeable point us to the specific laws, so that we can
look it up in our respective jurisdiction?
Regards,
Chris
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Sunday,
On Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:52:33 PM Kyle Henderson wrote:
> Given that sourceforge has shown to restrict access to a number of
> countries at the request of the USA
This needs some clarification. If the USA has "requested" it, then presumably
there's some legality involved, and our US develope
Hi team,
Given that sourceforge has shown to restrict access to a number of
countries at the request of the USA, would hosting of the compiled client
on https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/downloads be an alternative that
would be considered?
It seems like a logical alternative to me that requires
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