From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEFAC433EF for ; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:59:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1352515AbhLXK7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Dec 2021 05:59:32 -0500 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:38437 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1352511AbhLXK7c (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Dec 2021 05:59:32 -0500 Received: from host-92-7-140-211.as13285.net ([92.7.140.211] helo=[192.168.1.37]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1n0iIL-0005dl-Fk; Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:59:30 +0000 Message-ID: <3c5ef210-8908-e96f-e201-a7d8e79985fb@iee.email> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:59:30 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.1 Subject: Re: [RFC] squelch log4j inquiries Content-Language: en-GB To: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org References: From: Philip Oakley In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 23/12/2021 23:52, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I wonder if we should do something like this, for limited time like > a few months or so, so that we have something prominently shown at > places like https://github.com/git/git/ > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano > --- > README.md | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git c/README.md w/README.md > index f6f43e78de..76e99fe5bb 100644 > --- c/README.md > +++ w/README.md > @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an > unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations > and full access to internals. > > +No part of Git is written in Java, hence it is not susceptible to > +the log4j vulnerability that has been causing sensation recently. > + > Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public > License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, > compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Would it be worth adding a section to the SECURITY.md file that could cover these 'non-issue' concerns. The README could point to the non-issue section. Just a thought. Philip