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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