In article <9510030248.AA08909@hplyot.obspm.fr>, dl@hplyot.obspm.fr (Laurent Demailly) writes:
On the topic of risks for a "major browser" to be tempered/targetted as a virus :
I asked monthes ago netscape folks to make md5sum and/or PGP digital signatures (preferably md5sum of each files, this in a file, itself pgp signed) of the binaries available on their page and on relevant newsgroup to reduce possibility of tempering.
[ok it won't help mythical joe six pack's but...]
Maybe I'll got more luck calling from here :-)
I've been thinking about this recently for obvious reasons. My concern is that if someone can attack your download of netscape, they could also attack your download of the program that validates netscape. Is there really any way out of this one? --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.