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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> A SHA signed standalone dumper is as safe as anything else if not safer.

Thanks having a signature or a checksum on the dumper
stored in memory is one piece of this puzzle that I keep
forgetting.  Checking the signature before we trust the code
is important.

Eric