Re: Unofficial buildd network has been shut down

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:51:52AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > But that's neither here nor there; the Thompson point is that your
> > tool can be corrupted too. :)
> 
> While Thompson's point is valid as far as it goes, going to this extent
> really seems to be in the realm of science fiction. If you're being
> attacked by the Blight [1], you lose ...

I think Thompson's point is that any known automated system of
checking is easily defeated.  

Thomas