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Re: Netscape finally issuing md5sums/pgp signed binaries ? (was Re: NetScape's dependence upon RSA down for the count!)
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> I've been thinking about this recently for obvious reasons. My concern
> is that if someone can attack your download of netscape, they could also
> attack your download of the program that validates netscape. Is there
> really any way out of this one?
>
> --Jeff
I remember sometime in the last couple of years seeing a cert advisory that
said that people's checksumming programs were being replaced by ones that
did the normal checksumming except on compromised programs. This was part
of one particular attack as I remember.
Patrick
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