From: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:51:25 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: add section on security
X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20251029-1+rpi1~1^2~3^2~231
X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a690c02361cb30d415d0095d1f7a55e6a60d3c1e;p=git-annex.git

add section on security
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diff --git a/doc/design/generic_p2p_transport.mdwn b/doc/design/generic_p2p_transport.mdwn
index 32997b382a..e362c70668 100644
--- a/doc/design/generic_p2p_transport.mdwn
+++ b/doc/design/generic_p2p_transport.mdwn
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ P2P network and dummys it up by symlinking unix socket files together,
 its skeleton should be a good starting point.
 
 [[special_remotes/p2p/git-annex-p2p-unix-sockets]]
+
+## security
+
+This is only as secure as the underlying P2P network.
+It is really designed with P2P networks in mind that are fully encrypted,
+and that use cryptography to validate the identities of peers. 
+
+See the security discussion on [[special_remotes/p2p]].