d-sahlberg commented on PR #36: URL: https://github.com/apache/subversion/pull/36#issuecomment-4524706088
I'm not so sure this hardening is required. The ~/.subversion/auth dir is already created 700 (see ensure_authdirs() in libsvn_subr/config_file.c). If I may borrow from the Linux kernel threat model (https://docs.kernel.org/process/threat-model.html): "What does not constitute a security bug: ... Configuration: ... OS-level: changes to ... filesystem permissions ... that explicitly increase exposure by either offering non-default access to unprivileged users" -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
