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Time for Open-Source to Grow Up
Jon Lasser, 2002-08-07

The OpenSSH backdoor demonstrates that the community must get pragmatic about package verification, and fast.

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Is it really so inmature? 2002-08-08
Jon
The point is that MD5sums have been more successful than PGP signatures in detecting trojans, even though the latter are (by far) a technically superior solution. We need something as easy to use as MD5sums (or SSL in the Web browser) but as powerful as PGP signatures.

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