[Commotion-dev] Verifying signatures

Dan Staples danstaples at opentechinstitute.org
Mon Jun 10 16:19:06 UTC 2013


Here is the page I put together (which is about 90% straight from Tor's 
tutorial): https://commotionwireless.net/how-verify-signatures-downloads

Let me know if anyone has feedback or changes.

On Wed 05 Jun 2013 04:39:17 PM EDT, Dan Staples wrote:
> Cool, thanks for the feedback. I will update the download page, and
> then start working on a writeup for verifying signatures.
>
> On Wed 05 Jun 2013 04:38:18 PM EDT, Nat Meysenburg wrote:
>> Dan Staples <danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> writes:
>>> Does anyone else know of any good tutorials on how to verify GPG
>>> signatures, tailored for someone who might not have even used GPG
>>> before? If we can't find something better than Tor's instructions, I
>>> might just write up our own tutorial tailored to Commotion, borrowing a
>>> lot from Tor's page.
>>
>> Tor's is the best that I know. I think it is totally fine to borrow
>> heavily from their write up, and acknowledge that fact.
>>
>> Having a page that specifically talks about verifying Commotion, as
>> opposed to the process of verifying arbitrary files signed with PGP
>> keys, is probably more useful for Commotion's general documentation
>> goals.
>>
>> Though a more general piece might make a fine blog post.
>>
>> My 2¢,
>> ~~Nat
>>
>
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>
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