xz
xz compression in Go (by jamespfennell)
| xz | VaRA-Tool-Suite | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | |
| 10 | 13 | |
| - | - | |
| 2.5 | 8.1 | |
| about 2 months ago | 7 days ago | |
| C | Python | |
| MIT License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
Hey all, I’m the author of that PR. Just posted to Github with additional context: https://github.com/jamespfennell/xz/pull/2#issuecomment-2027...
VaRA-Tool-Suite
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
I tried to understand the significance of this (parent maybe implied that they reused a completely fictitious identity generated by some test code), and I think this is benign.
That project just includes some metadata about a bunch of sample projects, and it links directly to a mirror of the xz project itself:
https://github.com/se-sic/VaRA-Tool-Suite/blob/982bf9b9cbf64...
I assume it downloads the project, examines the git history, and the test then ensures that the correct author name and email addresses are recognized.
(that said, I haven't checked the rest of the project, so I don't know if the code from xz is then subsequently built, and or if this other project could use that in an unsafe manner)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xz and VaRA-Tool-Suite you can also consider the following projects:
tukaani-project
stencil-golang - Template repository for Golang applications
rust1 - rust1