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		joppy on Aug 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go Module Mirror and Checksum Database Launched "Below is an example of such a tree"... and there is a picture of a binary tree, with no indication as to how the tree is used. I appreciate trying to explain the interesting technology behind authenticating modules, but this diagram appears to explain nothing at all.

Verath on Aug 30, 2019 [–]

There was a talk at gophercon that I belive goes into more detail about how this works and the cryptography behind it (I only skimmed it so far) https://youtu.be/KqTySYYhPUE

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