Download page @Ubuntu.com

t u towsonu2003 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 20 05:34:07 UTC 2006


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Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Isn't it better to discuss this at
https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-website/+bug/76089 instead? It
seems to me like all the arguments are being lost in the list, rather
than being documented under the relevant bug.

Sorry to interrupt :)
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