Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756825Ab0HIOfu (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:35:50 -0400 Received: from mail.bitdefender.com ([91.199.104.2]:52691 "EHLO mail.bitdefender.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756622Ab0HIOfT (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:35:19 -0400 From: Mihai =?utf-8?q?Don=C8=9Bu?= Organization: Home To: "Justin P. Mattock" Subject: Re: Query: Patches break with Microsoft exchange server. Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 17:35:10 +0300 Cc: viresh kumar , Matti Aarnio , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4C5F9B25.8080401@st.com> <4C5FCBE1.2080303@st.com> <4C5FCDB4.1080909@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C5FCDB4.1080909@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <201008091735.11105.mihai.dontu@gmail.com> X-BitDefender-Spam: No (524) X-BitDefender-SpamStamp: v1, build 2.8.85.101957, SQMD Hits: none, rbl score: 0(0), bayes score: 500(0), pbayes score: 500(0), neunet score: 524(524), flags: [NN_S_ENDS_IN_FULLSTOP_BGU], SQMD: 01da305ee4ebedadd233ea868301a110.fuzzy.fzrbl.org, total: 524(775) X-BitDefender-Scanner: Clean, Agent: BitDefender qmail 3.1.0 on elfie.dsd.hq, sigver: 7.33271 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1635 Lines: 38 On Monday 09 August 2010 12:43:16 Justin P. Mattock wrote: > On 08/09/2010 02:35 AM, viresh kumar wrote: > > On 8/9/2010 2:31 PM, Matti Aarnio wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 12:26:24PM +0530, viresh kumar wrote: > >>>> I missed this information in my last mail. We are using git send-email > >>>> for sending patches. As patches will go through Microsoft exchange > >>>> server only, so they are broken. > >> > >> Let your boss complain to your IT keepers. > >> "These are Machine-to-Machine messages, they must not be modified!" > >> > >> > >> It would probably be "against corporate policy" to use gmail for these > >> emails... > > > > We got one solution: Upgrade Exchange server to SP2. > > Lets see if our IT department does this upgradation. > > that or just blast them with some cryptology..i.e. pretty sure if your > message was encapsulated(AH/ESP) they couldn't tweak it.. but then > sending such encryption to a public list would require a _key_ on the > other side.. wishful thinking... > (just a thought)... Shouldn't just signing the message be enough? The server (normally) would not alter it, otherwise it will break the signature (which is a too obvious bug even for Microsoft). Or am I missing something here? PS: A local SMTP with DKIM signing capabilities could be another possibility, assuming Exchange does not break such signatures. -- Mihai Donțu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/