[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] Package Updater

Steve Johnson srj at adnd.com
Sun Jan 13 17:29:22 PST 2008


On 1/13/08, Jack Smith <jack.delbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wondered how certain I should be that the updates were the ones I should
> be getting.  I could imagine someone impersonating a legitimate source and
> doing nasty things to my computer.  Others have answered, thanks!

The packages are typically pgp signed by the distro maintainers, so I
don't think you really have anything to worry about here.

-Steve



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