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Locking down individual developers to only the source they absolutely need. In that model, a single compromised workstation would only expose a few modules to
by roc 17y ago
Locking down individual developers to only the source they absolutely need.
In that model, a single compromised workstation would only expose a few modules to malicious changes and only a few projects to code theft.
In the more-common wide-open implementation, a single compromised workstation exposes the entirety of code for every project to theft and malicious changes.
When you're talking about an under-the-radar hack that took place over months, hackers intentionally slipping vulnerabilities into the code is a very real risk.
- bruceboughton 17y agoAnd you can surely do this with most SCMs on the market, including Perforce. Now all the hacker needs to do is compromise the build server...