Re: Release notes
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:52:09AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > hardening and intrusion detection. The packaging system has also been
> > improved so it can be configured to automatically check digital
> > signatures. Thus, it will refuse to install packages from Debian that
> > do not verify correctly, limiting the possibility of trojan packages
>
> There are, as far as I know, no packages in debian that are signed. It's
> certianly not in wide enough use to mention.
However, there is currently a debsign package which allows for package
sign checks. Even if packages are not currently signed that does not mean that
administrators cannot setup repositories which their own signed packages. That's why I
rephrased it.
Javi
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