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by eptcyka 41 days ago
It makes shipping backdoors a whole lot harder, yes.
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PunchyHamster 41 days ago
Unless someone spins entirely separate infrastructure dedicated just for verifying Debian packages, it doesn't.
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zaphirplane 41 days ago
Hmm, it prevents Trojan binaries which is a small subset of backdoor IMHO.

Defense in depth obviously is a good thing

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