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Date:      Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:54:04 -0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: svn for make fetch
Message-ID:  <4AF9B6CC.5090308@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <a0777e080911092251r3dd39303q4f309aaf4076daf@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a0777e080911080731w461e6733peb0a5473acf07aa8@mail.gmail.com> <4AF897A4.3070408@delphij.net>	<20091109225232.GA34294@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <a0777e080911092251r3dd39303q4f309aaf4076daf@mail.gmail.com>

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Eitan Adler wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that svn did its own checksumming.
> If so why do we need to our own?

"In God we trust, everyone else must have an X.509 certificate."

Well, that's not necessarily be a X.509 certificate but it must be some
form of signature, as it's not too hard to replace a specific revision
in svn if the server gets compromised.

Cheers,
- --
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!	       Live free or die
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