Crypographically Strong Software Distribution HOWTO

Ask Bjoern Hansen ask at valueclick.com
Tue Jul 3 22:34:38 EDT 2001


On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Rich Salz wrote:

> > So how does this work in practice?
>
> Who controls commit access?  What mechanisms protect that?  The same
> mechanisms that protect *the source* can be the same mechanisms that
> protect *the release.*

I believe we have a greater need for protecting the releases with
PGP than we have for protecting the source code. (For the releases
it's close to the only "line of defense"; the source code can more
easily be taken out of distribution and it's easier to verify).


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