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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] (volunteers?) crypto signatures for arch


From: Andrew Suffield
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] (volunteers?) crypto signatures for arch
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:16:06 +0000
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On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 08:33:41AM -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
> All files in the archive should be signed including =meta-info files,
> CONTINUATION files,


> .listing files,

No point signing those. They have only one correct value and are
trivial to verify directly; furthermore, they're acutely vulnerable to
replay attacks, so signing it accomplishes nothing.

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