Re: Domain cloning [was: Linux loop device driver bug]

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:23:17 -0400 (EDT)


> Huh? The idea is to mimic sites like pgp.com (PGP) -> pgpi.com
> (International PGP). I think adding an 'i' to the name of a project
> is an accepted way of getting to the international (crypto) version of
> a program. Kerneli is not a misspelling of kernel - nobody will write
> kerneli by mistake.

Actually, I've done it, look where i is in relation to l on a std
keyboard. I noticed though.. :)

I do think it cool to have projecti for the crypto version.. :)


> However, it is very intentional that ftp.kerneli.org looks like
> ftp.kernel.org. It is my hope that people go to ftp.kerneli.org and
> fetch both linux-2.1.125.tar.gz and patch-int-2.1.125.2.gz when they
> build a kernel. It's only one small extra step. I'm trying to make
> it as easy as possible for people to use crypto in the kernel.
>
> If you're afraid that the kernels on ftp.kerneli.org are fake, that
> should be handled another way - signing the distribution files.
>
> astor
>
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> Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway
> http://www.guardian.no/
>
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