From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: 27437@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27437: Source downloader accepts X.509 certificate for incorrect domain
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:29:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k22u3vx2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fuer9n6d.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:29:46 +0200")
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>From 44b8f1c04713d11601d964ecfbe2fc248a15e7c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:24:58 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Encourage signature verification.
>
> * doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Remind contributors to verify
> cryptographic signatures.
> ---
> doc/contributing.texi | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
> index 925c584e4..0073f2451 100644
> --- a/doc/contributing.texi
> +++ b/doc/contributing.texi
> @@ -334,6 +334,12 @@ updates for a given software package in a single place and have them
> affect the whole system---something that bundled copies prevent.
>
> @item
> +If the authors of the packaged software provide a cryptographic
> +signature for the release tarball, make an effort to verify the
> +authenticity of the archive. For a detached GPG signature file this
> +would be done with the @code{gpg --verify} command.
I would make it the very first item of the check list.
If that’s fine with you, please push and maybe close the bug!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-27 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-21 6:17 bug#27437: Source downloader accepts X.509 certificate for incorrect domain Leo Famulari
2017-06-21 10:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-22 4:09 ` Leo Famulari
2017-06-22 7:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-22 16:16 ` Leo Famulari
2017-06-22 15:33 ` Mark H Weaver
2017-06-22 16:11 ` Leo Famulari
2017-06-22 19:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-23 0:45 ` Mike Gerwitz
2017-06-23 9:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-06-22 21:30 ` ng0
2017-06-22 21:45 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-06-22 22:32 ` Marius Bakke
2017-06-23 3:24 ` Leo Famulari
2017-06-23 7:29 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2017-07-27 12:29 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2017-07-27 19:34 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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