| sean finney on 9 Dec 2009 14:33:38 -0800 |
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On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 03:12:42PM -0500, Greg Helledy wrote: > Repositories where someone takes responsibility for what's there, like > backports.org and debian-multimedia.org are (hopefully?) very different > from sites where "sk8-237" just uploaded his cool new screensaver, and > none of the other 2 users who've tried it have posted any complaints. also note that both backports and debian-multimedia are signed repositories, i.e. you can (a) verify that the packages are genuine and not modified by someone other than the signer, and (b) inspect *who* the signer is, to see if he/she is someone you want to trust with root privilege on your box. sean Attachment:
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