[pmwiki-users] Infected Cookbook Recipes?

Hans design5 at softflow.co.uk
Mon Sep 22 07:57:37 CDT 2008


Monday, September 22, 2008, 1:45:23 PM, Christophe David wrote:

> In order to avoid any problem with CR/LF sequences when downloading
> php files, the most reliable way would be to provide users with a zip
> file containing

> - - the recipe (.php)
> - - the signature of the recipe (.sig)

> In order to check the file has not been modified, a user will obtain
> your public key from a key server or your own site, and run GPG to
> validate the signature.

> This can be made nearly transparent using one of the various GPG
> front-ends and integration tools.

> I hope it is clearer ;-)

thanks yes.
But it is quite  a bit of extra work, and it forces a user to install
GPG in order to use the recipe.


  ~Hans




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