/packman

A documentation and tracking project with the goal of making package management systems more secure.

packman

A documentation and tracking project with the goal of making package management systems more secure.

Table Of Package Management Systems

Language Name Tier Controls Packman Lead Packman Page
Javascript NPM 1 NPM Page
Ruby RubyGems 1
Python PyPy 1
Java Maven Central 2
.Net NuGet ?
Dockerhub Docker 1

Tiers and Controls

  • Tier 1: The lowest level of maturity. Consider this untrusted.
  • Tier 2: Basic controls in place.
  • Tier 3: Very secure.
Criteria # Control Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
1 MFA to push artifacts
2 Strong authentication
3 Security contacts
4 Code signing
5 Code analysis (static)

Detail About Controls

MFA To Push Artifacts

Since being able to push new code to a package manager is a powerful function, it is important to know that it cannot be easily done by guessing a maintainer's password. Implementing MFA

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References to Related Projects

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