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Re: Is packages build without verifying the source package signatures?



On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 12:05:51PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > in practice, this also has obvious flaws.
> Please elaborate.

for a start: one only needs to compromise one machine instead of many...

> >                                           what's the technical reason
> > the buildds are not checking the signatures?
> Unavailability of the keys.  Key may have been expired between upload
> and build attempt.

I'm not sure this is an advantage then... or rather: I'd rather see a
requirement that keys used for signing are valid for at least another
year after the upload.


-- 
cheers,
	Holger

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