From owner-freebsd-security Wed Oct 9 17:44:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD19337B401 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fubar.adept.org (fubar.adept.org [63.147.172.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9463E43E4A for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:44:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@adept.org) Received: by fubar.adept.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5F6C3154D5; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:40:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fubar.adept.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D26A154D3; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:40:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:40:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: md5 checksum server In-Reply-To: <200210100029.g9A0TLGI015286@orthanc.ab.ca> Message-ID: <20021009173802.O88779-100000@fubar.adept.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I like the idea of basing this on the PGP web of trust. I also sense > a business opportunity for anyone willing to build an Akami-like > secure software distribution service. Hmm, I was hoping for something more "open". A concept that could be implemented cooperatively. Such a distribution service would primarily need disk space and bandwidth - something places that already distribute this software apparently have... So it'd make sense to figure out a way to implement this via existing resources (assuming cooperation). So we come up with a server that suits everyone's needs, enroll all known PGP signatures, keep it all up to date, and get participation from all distribution sites... Should be a piece of cake. ;) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message