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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Redux: 2004.1 will not include a secure portage.
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:49:06
Message-Id: 200403291047.53892.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Redux: 2004.1 will not include a secure portage. by "Sami Näätänen"
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4 On Sunday 28 March 2004 18:39, Sami Näätänen wrote:
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6 > To do what?
7 >
8 > The master key will not be present there.
9 > And if you don't provide those keys that are in the card the keys you
10 > make with the trojaned machine can't be validated with the master
11 > public key.
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13 That would only work if the external device actually performs the
14 singing. Not when the key itself is readable by the computer the device
15 is inserted in. I don't know if it would be possible to acquire such a
16 device allthough they probably exist.
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18 Paul
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