[ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community

[Bester, Marthinus <mjb2@sun.ac.za>]

>That's a good point. Maybe Canonical can "certify" certain people they
trust, or run it on a honour basis...

On 09/03/07, Gustav H Meyer < ghmeyer at gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/9/07, Morgan Collett < morgan at penguinlabs.net> wrote:
> The subject of LoCoTeams officially handling the ShipIt process in
their
> country keeps coming up in the global LoCoTeam discussions. Some teams

> have proposed to handle the whole process including manufacturing
(since
> the artwork is available for the covers etc) - but Canonical's issue
is
> how the finances will be handled in a trustworthy manner. 

My concern would be around the securities of the manufacturing
process. How can Canonical guarantee that there are no trojan horses
etc. that somebody could easily slip into the iso before burning to
cd.



>>> 

 

All Ubuntu cd's have certified MD5-sum hashes, so the authenticity of
the cd can be judged by that I suppose?

 

Marthinus Bester

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