At 8:36 PM 3/28/96 +0100, JR@ns.cnb.uam.es wrote:
I may -or not- trust the people at unimi, but would I also trust a lot of intermediate people putting up together a CD-ROM? For that sake, and considering the costs of storage and removable storage media, I'd bet many people would find more useful to download their copies from the net (even once a year only) as I did.
If pieces of the source/executable are digitally signed, you have a basis for some degree of trust. (My pgp came with a detached signature. A bit self-referental, but at least a start.) Regards - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA