Re: Evilgrade 2.0 - the update explotation framework is back

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Jhfjjf Hfdsjj <taser3000 () yahoo com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:36 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:09:27 BST, Mario Vilas said:
> > >
> > > > Just signing the update packages prevents this attack, so it's not that hard
> > > > to fix.
> > >
> > > Except if a signing key gets compromised, as happened to one Linux vendor
> > > recently, causing a lot of kerfluffle...
>
> > ??? Are you ptoposing to throw the baby out with the bath water ??? I
> > would not have expected that from *.edu.
>
> I do not believe anyone is 'ptoposing' anything. All he said was that package
> signing should not be taken as a silver bullet, for experience has shown that
> the key's themselves are capable of being compromised if a vendor is
> successfully attacked.
>
> Exactly what I would expect from *.edu
I read differently,

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