Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] git-send-email: die on invalid smtp_encryption

From: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Apr 12, 2021, 12:33 UTC
Message-ID: <CALQY92B6OVL.2Z59Y6W51BU4Y@taiga>
In-Reply-To: <87zgy4egtp.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

On Sun Apr 11, 2021 at 3:56 PM EDT, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> I suggest we don't compromise and just go with whatever you're OK with :)

Well, if you're giving me an opportunity to not drag this out into a multi-phase rollout, then I'll take it :)

Another option is to forbid an unknown value (which is almost certainly (1) wrong and (2) causing users to unexpectedly use plaintext when they expected encryption), file a CVE, and pitch it as a security fix - then we can expect a reasonably quick rollout of the change to the ecosystem at large.

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