Conan Repository Exclusive -

: Private repositories act as a firewall. Teams can scan dependencies for vulnerabilities and ensure that only approved, audited code enters the production pipeline. Closed-Source Hosting

Which you plan to use (Artifactory, Nexus, etc.) Your preferred CI/CD tool (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab) conan repository exclusive

Point your local Conan client to your new private remote instead of (or in addition to) ConanCenter. : Private repositories act as a firewall

[remotes_exclusive] corp-core-repo = crypto-lib/* corp-net-repo = http-parser/* conan-center = * # All other packages (zlib, openssl, etc.) conan repository exclusive

The --require-remote flag adds metadata to the package recipe that says: "This package's canonical source is my-private ." If another developer tries to upload OpenSSL/3.0.0 to conan-center , Conan will reject the operation unless they force override (which requires admin privileges).