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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

> 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

    cheers,
      DaveK


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