Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From:	Henti Smith <bain@××××××××××××××××××××.za>
To:	Christian Skarby <christian@××××××.no>
Cc:	peter.kis@×××××××××.info, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re[2]: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo & package security
Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2002 01:14:55
Message-Id:	`20021012081129.EE98.BAIN@duckville.odyssey.co.za`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo & package security by Christian Skarby

1	On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 23:53:03 +0200 (CEST)
2	"Christian Skarby" <christian@××××××.no> wrote:
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4	> I am not officially part of the Gentoo project, so my reply on your mail
5	> should not be concidered an official statement from the Gentoo Developers
6	> nor from the Gentoo community.
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8	Same for me :) I'm nto a gentoo developer but just a user :)
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10	> > - How do you make sure, your distribution doesn't contain packages
11	> > modified by people unauthorized to do so?
12	>
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14	Most widely used packages are also patched by gentoo developers to
15	enhance features for the gentoo distribution. This means there are a few
16	more sets of eyes looking over the source code which further eleminates
17	possible backdoors sneaking into packages.
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