[openib-general] creating releases for the libraries you own
Roland Dreier
rdreier at cisco.com
Mon Oct 30 16:50:26 PST 2006
> > > Well, with ~user/html I can easily cook up a perl script to generate a MD5
> > > checksums or sign stuff and just stick them in the same directory as original files.
> >
> > But you can do that with any old hosting, can't you? Or am I missing
> > something?
>
> This depends on the level of paranoia :)
> If all files are on the same server, I only have to trust that server's integrity.
But we're talking about signed releases, right? Surely you're not
going to put your private key on some web server -- you're going to
sign the packages before you upload them anyway. So I still don't see
why I care about web hosting, given how many other places already give
it to me.
- R.
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