Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen
by yakubin on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:13AM
(#34079165)
It always amazes me how many companies host their source code in “the cloud” visible to external companies, accessible from the public internet, only a single bug/security vulnerability/human error away from being leaked. The companies I’ve worked for so far host their source code on their own servers, which are physically under their control, and aren’t accessible from the public internet. Add on top of it that functionally GitHub/GitLab don’t hold a candle to code review functionality of Gerrit, project management of Redmine/Jira; and the only explanation is that those companies really, really don’t want to hire 1/2 sysadmins to manage their infrastructure.
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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen
by ralph84 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:00AM
(#34079529)
Companies host data a lot more valuable than source code in the cloud. Developers like to think we’re the center of the business, but access to a company’s Salesforce or NetSuite instance is a lot more economically valuable than access to a company’s GitHub org.
Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen
by yakubin on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:34AM
(#34079852)
Those things are no less incredible to me than GitHub. (Also not used at the companies I’ve worked for so far.)
Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen
by m1ghtym0 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:55AM
(#34082305)
An alternative to using own servers, which are not feasible for every company would be isolated and encrypted GitLab/GitHub deployments as described here: https://dev.to/flxflx/setting-up-a-confidential-gitlab-333h