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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a SITE MD5 command to ftpd
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:
>
>Actually, it would prevent useful modification more often than
>accidental modification.  Accidental modification is nearly
>impossible; who would do it?

*accidental* i.e. caused by obscure bugs or hardware problems.
This is the end-to-end argument.

Tony.
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