Sourceforge break-in and Python 2.1 security

[Michael Lunnay]

If you are worried about the authenticity of your download you can check
them against the md5's posted on the Python site, on the downloads page.

Michael

"Andres Corrada-Emmanuel" <andres at mail.mamey.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.991424169.12492.python-list at python.org...
> Hello,
>
> I've been reading the reports of the break-in into SourceForge with
> increasing alarm and I'm wondering if there is a security protocol in
> place that guarantees the integrity of the Python code being developed
> there.
>
> That is, should I worry that "Fluffy Bunny" claims that he broke into
> SourceForge 5 months ago and I downloaded Python 2.1 after that?
>
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