[olug] DNS exploit VU#800113 - should we be alarmed?

[Phil Brutsche]

Will Langford wrote:
> Just imagine if windows update was compromised.

It would be a relatively minor problem, just like someone poisoning the
DNS for, say, mirror.centos.org would be a relatively minor problem.

Update packages for Windows, RPM-based distros and DEB-based distros are
cryptographically signed with either X.509 certificates or PGP/GPG.

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Phil Brutsche
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