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## xz-backdoor.md

      
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                xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)
              
          
    FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good
faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything
about what's going on.
Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in
xz-utils, a suite of software that

  
## private_fork.md

      
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                Create a private fork of a public repository
              
          
    The repository for the assignment is public and Github does not allow the creation of private forks for public repositories.
The correct way of creating a private frok by duplicating the repo is documented here.
For this assignment the commands are:

Create a bare clone of the repository.
(This is temporary and will be removed so just do it wherever.)


git clone --bare git@github.com:usi-systems/easytrace.git