Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 11:07:37 -0800 From: Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question in regards to software verification... Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20040205110410.00ac7a90@pop.courtesymortgage.com>
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This is going to sound incredibly new, but i've never understood how to completely verify software that you download. For instance, a new Security Advisory was released today regarding the shmat reference counting bug One thing that I thought of when I was looking at this is the option to d/l the patch, then patch your system. I also noticed that there was, not only the patch you can download, but the .asc file which is supposed to verify the software you download. So I wanted to know the methods available that you can use to verify software that you d/l? How about .asc? I have seen that one before, but not really familiar with it. I know you can also use md5 as well as gnupg. Anyone care to take a moment and enlighten me with the steps to verify software? I appreciate it. Cheers, Jason
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