A talk about the security benefits and challenges of reproducible builds. It includes a real world comparison of the Debian and Fedora build systems and a discussion on the value based on the effort. Add in the work Fedora has been
doing to increase rebuildability. Listeners should come away with knowledge of what reproducible builds are and opinions on if they are worth the effort.

Attendee Takeaways

Answers for the following questions:
- What is a reproducible build?
- Why do we need reproducible builds?
- What are the security benefits of reproducible builds?
- What are the security challenges of reproducible builds?
- What is the value of reproducible builds?

30 minutes plus QA discussion. First presented at the NCSU Secure Software Supply Chain Community Day, Presented at DevOps Con 2024 San Diego.