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Re:Crev: dependency vetting with a web of trust by matthewbauer on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:04PM (#18828953)
If something’s malicious, shouldn’t we just flag and remove it? Why is a concept of trust needed here?
Re:Crev: dependency vetting with a web of trust by TheCoelacanth on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:17PM (#18829469)
You would, but that doesn't help you until someone figures out that it is malicious. This lets you track who has actually verified that the package is not malicious.
Re:Crev: dependency vetting with a web of trust by outside1234 on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:16PM (#18829002)
Well, because that itself would become another attack vector. You need some sort of post-review after something is flagged malicious to prevent arbitrary take downs.