From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 33825@debbugs.gnu.org, clemera <clemens.radermacher@posteo.de>
Subject: bug#33825: 25.2; , Failing to verify signature for ELPA debbugs package
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:07:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2sgow623v.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=k12W0q2ufoknXLh3SooqBb17rCkoJg2sdyaYGf=pvkw@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:50:27 +0200")
>>>>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:50:27 +0200, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> said:
Stefan> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>> clemera <clemens.radermacher@posteo.de> writes:
>>
>>>> FWIW, it verifies fine here with Emacs 25.2
>>>
>>> I tried it again and now it works for me, too. Strange..., what could
>>> have caused that it failed before?
>>
>> There are 'transparent' proxies which will untar archives and then
>> retar them, resulting in a file that fails signature verification even
>> though the contents are identical. When you then repeat the download,
>> the proxy knows it has previously inspected the file, and thus lets
>> through the original. Using https solves this issue 99% of the time.
>>
>> If youʼre using https already, then Iʼm out of ideas :-)
Stefan> The reporter verified he was indeed using http. Is there anything
Stefan> that can or should be done here, or is this to be closed as notabug?
I think this is notabug. We can always reopen it if needed.
Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-16 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-21 13:38 bug#33825: 25.2; Failing to verify signature for ELPA debbugs package clemera
2018-12-21 23:39 ` Glenn Morris
2018-12-22 12:08 ` bug#33825: 25.2; , " clemera
2018-12-30 12:12 ` Robert Pluim
2018-12-30 12:34 ` Clemens Radermacher
2018-12-30 12:55 ` Robert Pluim
2019-09-13 19:50 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-16 9:07 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2019-09-16 11:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-16 13:28 ` Robert Pluim
2019-09-16 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-16 19:13 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-17 13:34 ` Robert Pluim
2019-09-20 17:24 ` Stefan Kangas
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