[ale] Safe apt-get repositoris

[Dow Hurst]

I have finally had a chance to use apt-get on a RH9 workstation.  However, my 
question is how can you know that the repository is a safe one with binaries 
that are trustable?  Now, I am not asking how to secure a computer and I don't 
want to rehash how the only secure computer is one with no connections and so 
on ad infinitum....  ;-)

I guess I am really asking where the best/safest repositories are for Redhat?

What are they for SuSE?

Do people stray, when using Debian or Gentoo, to repositories outside of the 
normal distribution channels for packages not in the main Gentoo/Debian mirrors?
Dow

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