Re: PackageKit Misconceptions

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:53:40 -0400
David Zeuthen <davidz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Assume that Alice gets Fedora from Mallory's mirror. What prevents
> Mallory from patching the rpm and yum programs that end up on Alice's
> system to avoid honoring the keys that we, painfully, make her import?

I honestly don't have an answer for this.  They could.  Should we then
just throw out any and all verification utilities?  That would make
life easier.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?

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