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Re: concrete steps for improving apt downloading security and privacy



Hi Hans,

 

On Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2014, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> What I'm talking about already exists in Debian, but is rarely used.

> dpkg-sig creates a signature that is embedded in the .deb file. So that

> means no matter how the .deb file got onto a system, that signature can be

> verified. I'm proposing to start making dpkg-sig a standard part of

> official .deb files. This can be done in stages to make it manageable.

> Here's a rough idea of that:

 

how about you file a bug against dpkg-sig and put your plan and justification in there. Here on the mailinglist it will just be lost...

 

 

cheers,

Holger

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