package integrity, security and checks. .... where are they ?

2008-12-14 Thread spamtester spamtester
Hello I note that pkg_add can work over scp However, as a user who is told to use packages by the official openbsd documentation and that ports are for advanced users. I feel some what let down... at this answer. Obviously i do not have ssh access to a mirror. I also do not have the bandwid

Re: package integrity, security and checks. .... where are they ?

2008-12-14 Thread spamtester spamtester
I meant that the fact that i do not know for certain that the packages were compiled by openbsd dev makes packages interesting. To be clear, my point re - cost is stupid and wrong. Free is free as in speech not as in beer. 2008/12/14 spamtester spamtester > Hello I note that pkg_add can w

Re: package integrity, security and checks. .... where are they ?

2008-12-16 Thread spamtester spamtester
Yes m5sums are not that great. Sha1 would be nicer i guess. 2008/12/16 Martin Schrvder > 2008/12/15 Marc Espie : > > Heck, we're further along the curve than most others. If you look closely > at > > > OpenSUSE has signed packages and signed repos for years. So have many > other Linux distros.

Re: package integrity, security and checks. .... where are they ?

2008-12-16 Thread spamtester spamtester
I know that i have the freedom to do this. However, my original question might have been a bit to bitchy. The issue here is that, openbsd devs donate their good time making packages. Which is great. However, if they could just / if we modify pkg_create and pkg_add (and the other relevant ones) then

Re: ComixWall terminated

2009-12-10 Thread spamtester spamtester
Seriously, theo wtf ? Here is a packaged version of openbsd which doesn't ask for donations providing something which users clearly want. if you can't see that users come in many shapes and forms you are seriously *wrong*. I for one would suggest that comixwall moves to freebsd, due to hypocrisy a

question on re via cardbus/pcmcia interface

2009-11-16 Thread spamtester spamtester
question on re via cardbus/pcmcia interface. On linux a re card combined with a 3com (xl), can route 94mb/s (both ways, according to iperf). On openbsd/freebsd the system can only route at 20-40mb/s max (again, according to iperf). This was running openbsd 4.6. The system is a dell inspiron lapto

Re: help please, my real memory is disappearing

2009-11-16 Thread spamtester spamtester
try vsftpd.