From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 18:02:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F9137B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:02:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mf1.bredband.net (mf1.bredband.net [195.54.106.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DA543FA3 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:02:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Received: from localhost.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se ([213.112.193.73]) by mf1.bredband.net with ESMTP <20030426010254.NCKK269.mf1@localhost.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se>; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 03:02:54 +0200 Received: from c-49c170d5.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (localhost [127.0.0.1])with ESMTP id h3Q12r74087833; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 03:02:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Received: (from martink@localhost) (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3Q12P2c087762; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 03:02:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 03:02:25 +0200 From: Martin Karlsson To: Michelle Weeks Message-ID: <20030426010225.GA78181@c-49c170d5.bredbandsbolaget.se> Mail-Followup-To: Michelle Weeks , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5A57C550-75B4-11D7-995E-000393843210@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5A57C550-75B4-11D7-995E-000393843210@mindspring.com> X-Powered-by: FreeBSD X-PGP-Keyid: 9C924660 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5970 BE22 2C33 4D8F 53FD 7E34 66FF 9332 9C92 4660 X-PGP-Key: http://www.krutov.org/martin_karlsson.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using gpg to verify signatures X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 01:02:58 -0000 Hi, * Michelle Weeks [2003-04-23 10.52 -0700]: > i'm trying to learn how to verify signatures. i have downloaded and > installed gnupg. i have also downloaded the cvs.patch and > cvs.patch.asc > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA- > 03:01.cvs.asc and would like to verify the signature. my rough > understanding from the gnupg documentation is that i need to import the > public key into my public keyring before i can use gpg --verify to > verify the signature. i believe that i should use gpg --import "public > key file". how do i get the public key for the cvs.patch? Security Advisories are signed with the FreeBSD Security Officer PGP key. You'll find it at: More security information can be found at: HTH, -- Martin Karlsson