NPM Provenance: Enhancing Security for JavaScript Libraries

 The blog discusses the importance of NPM provenance, a security feature that connects packages to their source code repositories, providing cryptographic proof of authenticity. Despite its availability, most popular JavaScript packages do not use this feature, leaving them vulnerable to supply chain attacks. The article outlines gaps in NPM's security model, such as missing enforcement for provenance and client-side verification. It emphasizes the need for package maintainers and users to adopt provenance, while calling for better enforcement mechanisms at the registry and client levels. 

https://exaforce.com/blog/npm-provenance-the-missing-security-layer-in-popular-javascript-libraries

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