> this same thing came up a few years ago
Honestly, that makes this inexcusable. There are numerous SSL providers available for free, and if that’s antithetical to them, they can use a self signed certificate and provide an alternative method of verification (e.g. via mailing list). The fact they don’t take this seriously means there is 0 chance I would install it!
Honestly, this is a great use for a blockchain…
Are any distros using block chain for this ?
I am used to using code signing with HSMs
> are any sisters using blockchain
I don’t think so, but it’s always struck me as a good idea - it’s actual decentralised verification of a value that can be confirmed by multiple people independently without trusting anyone other than the signing key is secure.
> I am used to code signing with HSMs
Me too, but that requires distributing the public key securely which… is exactly where we started this!