Question in regards to software verification...
Jason Williams
jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com
Thu Feb 5 11:10:22 PST 2004
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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