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Bug#619751: debian-installer: should upgrade debian-archive-keyring from the main mirror before attemping to fetch from security



On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 09:51:43PM +0100, Torsten Werner wrote:
> Am 26.03.2011 19:34, schrieb Philipp Kern:
> > So what should happen in this case: If you can connect to a mirror and have a
> > trust path to it, check if a new version of debian-archive-keyring is
> > available.  If so, upgrade it and update the package lists.  Only then try to
> > connect to security.  The trust path to the main mirror will be the stable
> > release key that's fixed for the whole stable release lifetime.
> d-i should even be prepared for the emergency case where the archive key
> has been compromised somehow and the trust chain breaks. It could
> display the current fingerprint to the user and ask him if it is okay to
> continue.

That'd require an online *and* an offline key compromise, though.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

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