[chirp_users] Panda reported a virus in Oct 9 and Oct 13 daily builds.

[David Vaillette]

Thanks


On 10/16/2015 8:40 AM, beaubobbitt at gmail.com wrote:
> Correct and definitive !
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Debra Wilson" <dwilson223 at cox.net <mailto:dwilson223 at cox.net>>
> To: "Dan Smith" <dsmith at danplanet.com <mailto:dsmith at danplanet.com>>; 
> "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com 
> <mailto:chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>>
> Sent: 10/15/2015 5:54:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Panda reported a virus in Oct 9 and Oct 13 
> daily builds.
>> Like.
>>
>> Sent from mom's iPad
>>
>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Dan Smith via chirp_users 
>> <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com 
>> <mailto:chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Every few months we get a message like this to the mailing list. It's
>>> usually one of the smaller antivirus packages reporting a virus. So
>>> far they have all been false positives. My guess is there are actual
>>> viruses out there using Python libraries, and not realizing they're
>>> looking at popular open source software, the antivirus company flags
>>> it.
>>
>> Yep, and just to further explain how these builds are created for those
>> that are interested (and/or are wondering how we attempt to protect our
>> users who trust our builds):
>>
>> Every night, when a change is pending, the build server literally builds
>> an entirely new Windows 7 virtual machine with known-good copies of all
>> of our base dependencies. It then creates the new chirp build on that
>> machine and uploads it to the chirp website. When it's done, it
>> *destroys* the temporary machine it created. The next day, the whole
>> thing starts from scratch.
>>
>> The process takes about 10 minutes total and occurs on an almost
>> completely sealed private network. There's really no opportunity for
>> anything to get on the build machine and disrupt the process, and it
>> certainly wouldn't change day-to-day, build-to-build.
>>
>> --Dan
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