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Re: pkgsrc binary packages security with pkgin



On 2020-02-01 01:38, Greg Troxel wrote:
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> If you can't trust your local storage, you have no basis for getting
> anything at all right.  Your local storage is where the public keys are
> stored that you use to validate, where you store files in installed
> packages, and where you store /usr//bin/login.  Seriously - if you can't
> trust your local computer, it's all over.

   Sure, but I meant explicitly local storage with regards to the
packages only -- they could be stored in a directory which is shared
among other users, for instance.  I.e. the packages could in theory be
manipulated, but the tools to validate them can't.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Jan


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