X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,WEIRD_PORT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=aCRlMrwmDrwA:10 a=VphdPIyG4kEA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=zk19hA/YTAL+guUbg/dVXQ==:17 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=Gz7s5_CCAAAA:8 a=FcoHsQnsM2flQuM1H2cA:9 a=eZaqbNZPNzRZVEv0yb1ONNteonIA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=TRvmKqLbH9UA:10 Message-ID: <4BA2CCA1.4090306@monai.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:17 -0700 From: Steven Monai User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: incomplete/corrupted setup.exe References: <1268766945.5263.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <20100317150649.GA29284@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4BA17A9F.2000808@monai.ca> <4BA1BA09.7040104@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BA1BA09.7040104@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 -- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple