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From:	Louis Kruger <lpkruger AT cs DOT wisc DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: hacked package on server
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> I do think that instead of simply aborting the install with a message that 
> the server was compromised (was it?  or is something else going on?), that 
> a more useful option would be to allow the user to select a different 
> mirror and continue the process.
>
>   

Sure.  I just wanted to make the point that it is important to take 
extra steps to protect end-user from malicious tampering.

If you want to investigate this, the file is here.  The file size is 
correct, the MD5 is not.

http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cygwin/release/vim/vim-7.1-1.tar.bz2

Louis

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