Re: Do Synaptic, Aptitude and Adept use secure-apt?

J.O. Aho wrote:
Priam wrote:
I'm thinking about moving either to Debian or Kubuntu. Does anyone know
if Synaptic, Aptitude and Adept use secure-apt? Is there an apt-get and
a secure apt, or are all versions of apt now secure?

A simple search at google gave this:

In recent releases, Debian has been using strong crypto to validate downloaded
packages. This is commonly called "secure apt" (or "apt-secure") and was
implemented in Apt version 0.6 in 2003, which Debian migrated to in 2005.

I guess that answers your question

So, apt is now all secure-apt. My concern arose when I saw Adpet working in Kubuntu. When you click "details" you see the packages being downloaded, then installed. Nowhere do you see that they're checked, MD5SUMs and signatures.
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