Subject: bug#48146: Getting diverted to non-updated branches: a limitation of the authentication mechanism?

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 00:09:50 -0400

On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 11:40:01PM +0200, Maxime Devos wrote:
> Tags: + security
> 
> Hi guix,
> 
> Consider the following situation:

Check this blog post and The Update Framework's concept of "indefinite
freeze attacks", which I think is what you are describing:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/securing-updates/
https://theupdateframework.io/ (check the "specification")