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On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 06:54:44AM -0400, Peter wrote: |
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> On Thu, 18 May 2006 23:45:17 +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote: |
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> >The problem, in short, is how to handle the checksumming and signing of |
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> >gentoo-provided files so that manipulation by external entities becomes |
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> >difficult. |
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> all snip... |
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> PMFJI, but as a user, not a security expert, I had a few thoughts that I'd |
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> like to throw in. Thanks to Patrick, he helped me to drill down some of |
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> the ideas and I present them for consideration. It's just a framework, so |
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> I will be brief. |
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Even larger snip. |
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I was actually looking at something similar to this, for the 'simple' |
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portion of Patrick's plan. You have most of the major ideas down, but |
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missed a few holes, and sticking points. |
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I'll try to get a writeup of it out later tonight, got a double-date |
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first ;-). |
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Thanks for the good writeup of Slackware as well, it's one I didn't |
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elaborate much on when I previously described the processes of |
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RPM-distros and Debian. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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