Re: [OT] USENIX paper on Git

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On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Santiago Torres <santiago@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > share things before they are published. Thankfully, this is OK in
>> > USENIX's book. Here's the link:
>> > http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160730192650-14new-week-in-politics-super-169.jpg
>>
>> While I had a good laugh, I am wondering whether this is the correct link?
>
> Oh my god, sorry, I meant to p, not to ctrl + v. My head is all over the
> place as of late.
>
> Here's the correct link:
>
> http://isis.poly.edu/~jcappos/papers/torres_toto_usenixsec-2016.pdf

In 4.1 you write:
> Finally, Git submodules are also vulnerable, as they automatically track
> a tag (or branch). If a build dependency is included in a project as a part
> of the submodule, a package might be vulnerable via an underlying library.

Submodules actually track commits, not tags or branches.

This is confusing for some users, e.g. the user intended to track
a library at version 1.1, but it tracks 1234abcd instead (which is what
1.1 points at).

Thanks,
Stefan

>
> Thanks!
> -Santiago.
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