Security Issue: Typosquatting

[YoSTEALTH]

BPO	27339
Nosy	@vstinner, @YoSTEALTH

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closed_at = <Date 2016-06-16.21:43:14.845>
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title = 'Security Issue: Typosquatting'
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[YoSTEALTH]

I read this new article that explains Typosquatting well: http://incolumitas.com/2016/06/08/typosquatting-package-managers/ making it known here so python developers can address this issue accordingly!

[vstinner]

Hum, I guess that you are talking about https://pypi.python.org/pypi ? If yes, you should open an issue in their bug tracker:
https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues

By the way, I don't see any obvious fix for typo squatting.