[Distutils] Malicious packages on PyPI

[Richard Jones]

On 2 June 2017 at 09:00, Nick Timkovich <prometheus235 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This issue was also brought up in January at https://github.com/pypa/pypi-
> legacy/issues/585 then just as after the initial "typosquatting PyPI"
> report (June 2016) it's met with resounding silence. Attacking the
> messenger doesn't seem like a winning move from a security standpoint.
>
> Can we come up with a plan to address the underlying issue and protect
> users?
>

We haven't yet, but I'm not holding that as proof that we couldn't.


     Richard
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