Do you trust the source of the packages?

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I just tried to run software update again and got the following msg:

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Do you trust the source of the packages?

Repository name: updates
Signature URL: /etc/pki/rpm/-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386
Signature user identifier: Fedora(11) <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signature identifier: D22E77F2
Package: xfsprogs-3.0.1-6.fc11

Do you recognise the user and trust the key?
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Well, yes, I recognise that. But how can I know to trust it? I see the email address is at fedoraproject.org but I have no idea how to interpret the "Signature identifier" nor whether updates can be spoofed. I'm not being paranoid--I figure this may have something to do with the recent updates issue and it's probably fine. I'm just curious about this. What criteria should I use to decide whether or not to accept this?

Also, why in heck can't I select & copy text in this kind of message dialogue? Booooo!

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