Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:23:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> To: Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz> Cc: Andrew Reilly <andrew@lake.com.au>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904291222560.4874-100000@login-1.eunet.no> In-Reply-To: <19990429112007.C81921@clear.co.nz>
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> Why not store a PGP signature for the executable section in a separate > metadata section? All binaries could be essentially signed by root@buildhost, > which ought to make routine checks for validity of Important System Binaries > easier and better. This could be done using the idea of directory hiearchies inside files, as suggested earlier on. Optional, of course. - Marius - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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