[Distutils] PGP keys required? (Re: PEP 243)

Keith Jackson krjackson at lbl.gov
Sun Feb 1 21:37:22 EST 2004


On Feb 1, 2004, at 6:10 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

> The pythonmac-sig proposed-but-nobody-is-working-on-it solution is for 
> Jack and I to use some secure mechanism, let's say s/mime or pgp, to 
> send the hash of our package *index* every time we make an update.
>
> That way, one hash is sent that confirms the integrity of every hash 
> in the index.

A single S/MIME email from you or Jack would totally suffice for me for 
the short term. That way I could look in the archive, verify the sig, 
and know that the hashes are valid. (Assuming you and Jack aren't 
really black hats. :)
--keith

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