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Comment by d0mine

`curl | sh` is protected by a ssl certificate issued by CA that my system trusts.

"pgp-signed installer file" is protected by a key from a stranger.

Both are insecure.

Could you enumerate several points that show "pgp-signed installer file is __a lot better__ than curl | sh" ?

parent d0mine 12 years ago

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