(fwd from jerry@theashergroup.com) Suggestion: describe (or link to) how to verify your distributions

[Tim Potter]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 03:16:09PM -0600, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:

> >  Where do I get the samba codesigning key?  How do I import it?   How
> >  do I know I got the right one?
> > 
> >  What do I do if it doesn't verify?
> 
> I always wondered if someone uploaded a tarball with a trojan, what's 
> preventing them from updating the .asc file as well?

This is why you can't necessarily ignore the message that says:

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!

The samba team needs to get more people to sign the distribution key so
this message becomes less frequent.


Tim.