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On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 22:20, Brian Klauss wrote: |
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> Why not take package security one step deeper to ensure the validity |
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> of every ebuild and source-tree? |
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> Instead of relying upon a master hash of the compressed package, |
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> create a hash for each source file, documentation, makefile, etc. |
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Sorry, I don't see what that would give. If the md5 of the compressed |
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archive is fine, then we know already that it has not been tampered |
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with. Ergo, all contained files are fine. |
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(except for the theoretical possibility of md5-sum collision, which is |
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unlikely to an astronomical degree, and not worth worrying about in real |
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world) |
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Heikki |
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Heikki Levanto LSD - Levanto Software Development <heikki@×××.dk> |
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