Hi, Luke.  This is the wrong list.  You need to speak to the folks at
[email protected].

David

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hello,
> I am contacting you as a package maintainer of Parabola GNU/Linux-libre,
> a fully free operating system in compliance with the Free Software
> Foundation's GNU FSDG. We also have a focus on privacy and security.
>
> We attempt to ensure that all of our packages and upstream are secure.
> As such I discovered a problem with your package "perl".
>
> http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/ <-- from here
>
> There is currently no GPG signature to verify that the
> source is actually the one you have created.
>
> This is particularly important since there have been recent attacks
> which replaced files on upstream servers. Take for example the Linux
> Mint hack earlier this year.
> (https://micahflee.com/2016/02/backdoored-linux-mint-and-
> the-perils-of-checksums/)
>
> I would like to request that you please upload a SHA512 checksum of your
>  tar.gz files, as well as sign the SHA512 with a GPG signature.
> Releasing only a checksum does not prevent an attacker from uploading a
> modified copy
> and simply placing a new hash along with it.
>
> Technical documentation on how to do this:
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36870/sha512sum-1.html
> sha512sum * > SHA512SUMS
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto
> https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1541303
> gpg --clearsign -o SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS
>
> The resulting files, SHA512SUMS and SHA512SUMS.sign, can then be
> uploaded to your site (or on another site/server for added security), so
> that package maintainers can verify that the source is accurate and
> unhacked by a third-party prior to packaging.
>
> Thank you for your time and concern.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Luke
> Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Packager
>
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