Re: Infrastructure status, 2008-08-19 UTC 0200

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 18:10 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> Is it just me, or do others also think that a public email (even a
> >> signed one) would be almost the worst place to trust a fingerprint
> >> announcement?
> 
> Laszlo BERES:
> > If the mail is correctly signed then it's OK.
> 
> A message being correctly signed isn't quite the same thing as being
> able to verify that it's been produced by the person in question.

Signatures tell you that whoever produced them has the private key, the
rest is assumption.

poc

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux