And to be quite frank Brian, this "you guys should do more" balony is annoying.
We do enough. Period. > Really, if the project is not operating them I don't think we should > be sanctioning any sort of third party site, or somehow adding some > sort of legitimacy to it by suggesting people go there, or cranking up > the page rank of some torrent site by linking it. > > We link the stuff the project sanctions and which works from the > install media - just my two cents. Every other crazy means of > distribution is Caveat Emptor IMO. > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Brian Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Theo. > > > > As an alternative to operating the torrents, perhaps it might be convenient > > for users if the OpenBSD page linked to those who provide torrents, and as > > you note, mentioning the need and method to verify the media. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Theo de Raadt > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > It would be quite nice if the OpenBSD releases were available via a > >> Torrent. > >> > >> There are people who do that. I don't think the OpenBSD Project needs to > >> operate them. Now that things are signed, the situation has changed. > >> > >> You really should figure out a way to verify the bootable media you > >> download. See http://www.openbsd.org/55.html's note about signify > >> to figure out how. > >> > >> That applies to any download service. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > *from the personal email account of:* > > > > > > *Brian Hunt* <[email protected]> > > > > Mobile: +1.289.684.4677 > > > > This e-mail may contain information that is private, privileged, > > confidential and/or exempt from disclosure. No waiver of any kind is > > intended by sending this e-mail, and this email is intended only for the > > named recipient(s). Use, dissemination or copying without authorization is > > prohibited. Please notify the sender and destroy all copies of this e-mail > > if you have received this email in error.
