Attack on SolarWinds could have been countered by reproducible builds

[Fredrik Strömberg]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 7:02 PM Chris Lamb
<chris at reproducible-builds.org> wrote:
>
> Chris Lamb wrote:
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> > > > > As it happens, Stefano Zacchiroli recently suggested to me that we
> > > > > write a paper together that we would first offer to IEEE Software. We
> > > > > got into a good routine and submitted to IEEE about a fortnight ago.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chris: Any news on this article? I'd love to read it.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your interest. No news since I last posted; we are still
> > > waiting on the initial review. Will be in touch when I know more.
> >
> > Fredrik, as you asked for updates: just to mention that the paper has
> > passed its initial review, and we are now making some minor changes to
> > address various comments and concerns (mostly around the framing of
> > the issue and ensuring it is accessible to as wide an audience as
> > possible).
>
> A quick update: as permitted by IEEE, the paper is now available in an
> open access / preprint capacity:
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>    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9403390
>    https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06020
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>

Thank you!

> Best wishes,
>
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