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		jlarocco on Jan 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Github is exposing public SSH keys Isn't being public the point of public keys?

oh_sigh on Jan 7, 2013 [–]

A problem arises if users start to use github as a defacto trusted source for public keys. Githubs security standards are very high, but they have a large potential attack surface due to all of the functionality they support.

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