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What Is a Registry Firewall?

· 1 min read

Most supply-chain tools tell you about a bad package after it's in your codebase. A registry firewall stops it before, by sitting between your developers/CI and the public registries (npm, PyPI, Maven) and only serving packages that pass policy.

How it works

It can run in front of an existing Nexus/Artifactory (augment, lowest friction) or stand alone.

Why prevention beats detection

Bonus: it's a sensor

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