From: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:25:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tag: factor out get_tagged_oid()
Message-ID: <c1ffd461-7283-eeaa-6f68-778c5a35e8eb@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <f44b7abc-cab1-0bd4-029a-1c84cf36ec7b@web.de>

Am 06.09.19 um 17:05 schrieb René Scharfe:
> A tag referencing an unknown object sounds strange to me.  I imagine we
> might get such a thing when the referenced object is lost (broken repo)
> or purpose-built from an attacker.  Could such a tag still be used for
> anything?  Are there other possible causes?
Forward compatibility perhaps, i.e. supporting tags (by ignoring them)
that point to a new type of object introduced by a future version.

René