Subject: Re: [git patches] libata updates, GPG signed (but see admin notes)

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:11:26 +0100

* Linus Torvalds <[email-masked]> wrote:

> And the receiving side would just do the "git pull" and 
> automatically just get notified that "Yes, this push has been 
> signed by key Xyz Abcdef"

If this approach is used then it would be nice to have a .gitconfig 
switch to require trusted pulls by default: to not allow doing 
non-signed or untrusted pulls accidentally, or for Git to warn in a 
visible, hard to miss way if there's a non-signed pull.

This adds social uncertainty (and an element of a silent alarm) to a 
realistic attack: the attacker wouldnt know exactly how the puller 
checks signed pull requests, it's kept private.

Thanks,

	Ingo