-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It seems that the main question about distributing the freenet jar is this: how do people who install these know they're not trojan versions?
Are the .jar files going to be gpg signed with the public key and fingerprint available on the website, or what other authenticating mechanism is planned? Thanks. :GeckoX ++ 14/11/02 14:51 -0800 - Ian Clarke: >On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:39:43PM -0500, Michael Wiktowy wrote: >> Ian, could you give an executive summary describing the current >> implementation of the distribution servlet and how it is superior to >> or different than just having a SSK containing the latest freenet build? > >The idea is to allow people to conveniently give copies of Freenet to >their friends by giving them a URL to visit, which will point to a page >on their Freenet node from which they can download and install a copy of >Freenet. > >This will provide a decentralized way to distribute Freenet, in addition >to the current centralized (and therefore vulnerable) mechanism - namely >downloading the code from our website. > >Ian. > >-- >Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] >Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi >Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91Qe4SMrcfZpjDKERAiP4AKCfbTJRjXaLm3qk9vnPC62MYU0hMQCeMdcV 5WrUb8TE5M4xEAEyGIu09Lk= =N05z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
