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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:32:19 -0600
From:      Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: online cheksum verification for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <1390912339.18287.76258365.0317802C@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <D5AFDA9E-4BC0-4E2A-8986-FD4283CEE918@elstel.org>
References:  <4BA27CDF.1040107@gmail.com> <D5AFDA9E-4BC0-4E2A-8986-FD4283CEE918@elstel.org>

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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014, at 22:41, Elmar Stellnberger wrote:
>  However locally stored
> checksums are not of use as they can
> be manipulated arbitrarily.
> 

This shouldn't be a concern when using signed packages, correct? Or if
that's still a problem couldn't we just teach `pkg check` to confirm
signature of the repository matches before verifying checksums?



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