GPG-pubkeys
Jeff Johnson
n3npq at mac.com
Mon Sep 11 08:35:23 PDT 2006
On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Meanwhile, there are other ways to distribute and install public
>> keys that
>> do not involve human interaction. E.g. importing the handful of
>> public keys
>> for the repository uses will avoid the necessity of answering yes
>> mindlessly.
>
> Which is what I am trying to suggest could be done to avoid
> uncompleted upgrades by using methods which do not involve human
> intervention.
>
Which is what I am suggesting as well. ;-)
FYI: checksums are easier to fake than signatures, and so signatures
provide a stronger
integrity check.
73 de Jeff
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