Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:33:44 +0000 From: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ), freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Carol Overes <caroloveres@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Secure updating of OS and ports Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.1.20031118133154.0318b7c8@popserver.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <xzp7k1yxdev.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20031117165641.03101720@popserver.sfu.ca> <5.0.2.1.1.20031117165641.03101720@popserver.sfu.ca>
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At 09:56 18/11/2003 +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> writes: > > CVSup is insecure. FreeBSD Update might do what you want, but > > you'd have to trust me. :) > >...and three-hundred-odd FreeBSD developers. True, but there's a slight difference there -- people can look at the=20 FreeBSD source code, but it's rather difficult to audit the binary updates= =20 I publish. Colin Percival
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