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Package Signing Comes To Pacman and Arch Linux 103

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:00AM
from the ok-but-who-are-you-really dept.

fwarren writes "One of the main complaints heard around here on why some Slashdotters don't run Arch Linux is that the packages are not signed. Fear no more: Arch Linux and Pacman now allow for package signing."

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Re:Now how about getting Linux users basic hygine (Score:4, Funny)

by RyuuzakiTetsuya (195424) writes: <taiki&cox,net> on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:24AM (#38724896)

Which is surprising because SOAP is a patent free industry standard.

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Re:FRIST (Score:5, Funny)

by K. S. Kyosuke (729550) writes: on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:47AM (#38725264)

Warning. The parent post in unsigned and may have been forged.

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Whew.... (Score:5, Funny)

by liquidweaver (1988660) writes: on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:06AM (#38725556)

I've been using Arch for years, and the constant flow of virii and rootkits that were deluging me might finally go away!
With all the recent news of linux package repositories being the main vector of all these advanced persistent threats my CPO (Chief Pentest Officer) has been telling me about, I can now breath a sigh of relief.

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Re:Arch (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:07AM (#38725572)

This post is unsigned and may have been forged.

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I just live on the edge (Score:5, Funny)

by mshenrick (1874438) writes: on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:09AM (#38725594) Homepage

I feel like such a fearless badman for running arch linux before the packages were signed

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