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From: Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o, gentoo-core@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] on the matter of security and cryptography
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 09:22:17
Message-Id: 20020806142217.GB6261@datanode.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] on the matter of security and cryptography by Jean-Michel Smith
1 Perhaps I've missed part of this thread (or simply wasn't paying
2 attention early enough) but will the keyserver itself (the actual
3 repository manager) be housed at gentoo? That would make some small
4 difference, at least if you accept keys in general, as far as a
5 management standpoint goes. In that case, if you can verify the
6 signature against keyserv.gentoo.org, then you know that unless someone
7 has hacked gentoo.org itself (let's not even go there - then all
8 arguments are void) the key is valid.
9
10 that's a two cents worth. that and a buck will get you a cup of very
11 small coffee at starbucks.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] on the matter of security and cryptography Jean-Michel Smith <jsmith@××××.com>