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Re: apt-p2p



On Sun,12.Apr.09, 22:22:41, Erik Xavior wrote:
> Is apt-p2p safe? I just read it on
> slashdot<http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/12/0232244>,
> does anybody use it?

"Safe" in what way? I'm guessing the downloaded packages are still 
authenticated by apt, therefor it's probably not possible to get munged 
packages.

OTOH you open your system for others to download packages so the same 
issues as other peer-to-peer systems apply.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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