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Re: incomplete/corrupted setup.exe
On 2010/03/17 10:28 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 18/03/2010 00:58, Steven Monai wrote:
>
>> As an alternative to setting up SSL on cygwin.com, what about the idea
>> of crypto-signing (e.g. with gnupg) every release of setup.exe, and then
>> posting the signature alongside the binary? I know I would breathe a
>> little easier if I were able to positively verify the authenticity of a
>> given setup.exe binary.
>
> That much is already done, and documented on the front page of cygwin.com:
> read the first sentence under "Installing and Updating Cygwin and its
> Packages" heading just beneath the mid-bar, or go straight to
> http://cygwin.com/setup.exe.sig
Ah, there it is. I don't know how I managed to miss that.
>> The public key would need to be distributed via channels other than just
>> cygwin.com, to make it more difficult to spoof. Fortunately, there are a
>> number of public PGP/GPG key servers to fill that purpose.
>
> And we have already uploaded it to them; DSA key ID 676041BA:
>
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xA9A262FF676041BA
Fantastic! Thanks.
-SM
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