Re: PGP signing releases - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kurt Roeckx
Subject Re: PGP signing releases
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Msg-id 20030204175520.GA256@ping.be
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In response to Re: PGP signing releases  (Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>)
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Re: PGP signing releases
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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 01:35:47PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 
> > I'm not saying md5 is as secure as pgp, not at all, but you can't
> > trust those pgp keys to be the real one either.
> 
> Sure you can. Just verify that they've been signed by someone you trust.

I know how it works, it's just very unlikely I'll ever meet
someone so it gives me a good chain.

Anyway, I think pgp is good thing to do, just don't assume that
it's always better then just md5.


Kurt



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