On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Changaco <chang...@changaco.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:46:10 +0100 Petr P wrote: >> In this particular case, cabal can have the public part of the >> certificate built-in (as it has the web address built in). So once one >> has a verified installation of cabal, it can verify the server >> packages without being susceptible to MitM attack (no matter if >> they're PGP signed or X.509 signed). > > This is PGP's security model, so it's probably better to use PGP keys. How do you get a copy of cabal while making sure that somebody hasn't MITMed you and replaced the PGP key? _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
