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Re: AutoRPM

> 
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 11:52:42PM +0000, David Webster wrote:
> > Obviously I'd have to build some sort of package authentication, so
> > someone doesn't spoof the machine address and install malicious packages
> > on the users computer, but that shouldn't be too hard if I get the program
> > to search for the Indy PGP key, rather than the RedHat one.
> 
> There was a long discussion of authentication for automatic updating
> systems, on the bastille-linux list a month or so back. There were a
> very large number of tricky issues that cropped up. (I imagine they
> have archives somewhere...)
>  
> > Any ideas/comments?
> 
> Please transition your security rpm's from cran over to belegost, since
> cran doesn't have much space and belegost has lots.
> You have a 'cog' account on belegost, I believe. Let me know if things
> aren't working.
> 

Not so much space as that in belegost.

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			Jean Francois Martinez

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