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Erno Kuusela

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Dec 12, 2002, 6:24:23 PM12/12/02
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hello,

before i start on my own, has anyone written a script they would like
to share for downloading security updates?

i mean one that you can feed a DSA mail to, and it would check the
pgp signature and download the updated packages and verify the md5sums.

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Erno Kuusela

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Dec 13, 2002, 4:37:04 AM12/13/02
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hello,

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthias Hentges wrote:
| > i mean one that you can feed a DSA mail to, and it would check the
| > pgp signature and download the updated packages and verify the md5sums.
|

| Well that's what apt-get update;apt-get upgrade is good for.

actually, it does not check the signature & md5sums.

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Matthias Hentges

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Dec 13, 2002, 5:18:43 AM12/13/02
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Am Fre, 2002-12-13 um 10.25 schrieb Erno Kuusela:
> hello,
>
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Matthias Hentges wrote:
> | > i mean one that you can feed a DSA mail to, and it would check the
> | > pgp signature and download the updated packages and verify the md5sums.
> |
> | Well that's what apt-get update;apt-get upgrade is good for.
>
> actually, it does not check the signature & md5sums.

True, but if someone hacked into the security server he'll modify the
signature and md5sums,too.

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