> There is no entity
> that owns or can be held responsible for the code, or is capable
> of providing a solid evidentuary path from commit to your hands.

I thought if we buy the CDs we WILL get "a solid evidentuary path from
commit to" our hands.

So this isn't the case?




On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net>wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 01:49:14PM +0300, Valentin Zagura wrote:
>
> > We are going to use a OpenBSD system in a PCI-DSS compliant environment.
> > Is there any way we can prove to our PCI-DSS assessor that the OpenBSD
> > image we use for our installation can be checked so that it is the
> correct
> > one (is not modified in a malicious way by a third party) ?
>
> Probably not what you want to hear, but starting with
> http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html
> is usually an excellent idea in this context. Verifiably delivered from a
> trusted source.
>
> > A https link to some kind of ISO checksum or something similar (but using
> > strong cryptography) I think would do it, but I could not find any
> (except
> > a line in the FAQ stating "If the men in black suits are out to get you,
> > they're going to get you." which is not the case :) )
>
> It's possible some of the more prominent entries on
> http://www.openbsd.org/support.html
> could be persuaded to provide something like that (M:Tier comes to mind,
> but why are
> they not on that page?) in exchange for a reasonable fee.
>
> But again, for -RELEASE, the CD sets are a good starting point.
>
> - Peter
>
> --
> Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
> http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/
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>

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