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On 13/11/16 17:58, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:54:21 -0500 |
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> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> We're really getting into tinfoil hat territory here. You might as |
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>> well argue what do we do if somebody on Infra logs onto our boxes and |
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>> changes all the root passwords and kicks everybody out, then calls up |
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>> the hosting companies and tells them to change the contact info, and |
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>> then impersonates the officers and updates all the corporate |
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>> registrations. |
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>> |
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>> Yeah, maybe in some hypothetical scenario such a thing might be |
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>> possible. Then we pick up our phones and call each other up and get |
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>> things straightened out. Sure, somebody in a position of power could |
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>> probably take down the website for a few days or whatever, but it |
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>> isn't like everybody who contributes is just going to say, "oh, I |
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>> guess there is no Gentoo, oh well..." |
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> Something similar has already happened at least twice. Infra said |
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> they'd withdraw hosting and sponsorship unless certain developers were |
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> removed from the project. |
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> |
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Do you have any evidence to substantiate this? I think it should (have) |
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be(-en) recorded .... |
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