Getting to F18

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 12/16/2012 03:04 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 12/16/2012 09:02 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> They have to get people to use such a repo, which is going to be hard.
>> One could get away with it perhaps for a little while by showing
>> different data to users and to the mirror checker. And only a small
>> fraction of people are going to end up using such a mirror.
>
> And of course, unless at least some of the packages they offer are 
> damaged, there's no point in it anyway.  Assuming that they know 
> enough to mangle the programs, doing so in a way that's not too 
> obvious is going to take a considerable amount of work.  Unless 
> there's a clear source of profit for this, there aren't going to be 
> many people who both know how to do it and are willing to take the time.
So then....there's not enough REWARD for anyone to even ATTEMPT 
something such as this?.....well I for one am glad! Makes it a little 
easier to sleep at night! LoL!


EGO II