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Re: Apt-get is insecure



On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Simon Hill wrote:
> so assuming that dpkg (and/or apt?) can 
> deal with embedded gpg signiatures in .deb 
> files, how do we get maintainers to start 
> using them?

We deploy the required infrastructure to make good use of signatures in the
archive, test it, send email explaining how to sign packages to
debian-devel-announce, and then get da-katie to refuse non-signed debs.

It is better to wait for Wichert's python mass-signing script first.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh



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