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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:04:54 +1000
From: Justin Steven <justin@...tinsteven.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Assign a CVE Identifier <cve-assign@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE for Kali Linux
Kali, like its upstream (Debian), signs packages using gpg.
https://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt
Kali provides sha1sums over https at their site to verify the .iso
download, as well as providing gpg signatures for .iso files
--
Justin
On 22 March 2015 at 11:59, Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com> wrote:
> From RISKS, looks like it needs a CVE
>
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:37:50 -0700
> From: Henry Baker <hbaker1@...eline.com>
> Subject: Kali Linux security is a joke!
>
> FYI -- Your best chance to hack the hackers...
>
> "Downloading Kali Linux"
>
> "Alert! Always make certain you are downloading Kali Linux from official
> sources, as well as verifying md5sums against official values. It would
> be easy for a malicious entity to modify a Kali install to contain
> malicious code, and host it unofficially."
> http://docs.kali.org/category/introduction
>
> ---
>
> No kidding!
>
> So how come whenever you do apt-get install in Kali Linux, it accesses
> http://security.kali.org and http://http.kali.org ??
>
> Hasn't Kali heard about MITM attacks against http ??
>
> What's the point of verifying md5 sums against "official values", if Kali
> can't even get the "official values" securely ??
>
>
>
> --
> Kurt Seifried -- Red Hat -- Product Security -- Cloud
> PGP A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993
>
>
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