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Wed Dec 20 05:16:55 UTC 2006

Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I think the way the Internet Explorer installer works is that you 
> download the installer from downloads.microsoft.com, then the installer 
> chooses a mirror based on your location, downloads the actual software, 
> and verifies it.

I don't know if that's the case, but that model is only as secure as
downloads.microsoft.com is.  Ubuntu could conceivably make such a
downloader, but it's no good unless people get it from secure sources.

Matthew Flaschen

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