[tor-talk] How to verify the authenticity of the Torbutton xpi file

[Michael Gomboc]

OK, I guess I know too less about PGP. So, if someone does not have the
private key, they cannot provide the right signature. So even if you
download the signature and the file from a fake page, you would notice by
checking the authenticity. Is that right?

Thanks again. :-)

2011/9/23 <tor at lists.grepular.com>

> On 23/09/11 15:10, Michael Gomboc wrote:
>
> > Thanks Andrew. But when the SSL certificate is faked....
>
> If you have the public key which corresponds to the private key which
> was used to create the signature, then it doesn't matter if the SSL
> certificate is faked. Even using non-SSL http would be fine.
>
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/verifying-signatures. hhtml<https://www.torproject.org/docs/verifying-signatures.html>
>
> If the file, or the signature file you download are tampered with, doing
> this verification will alert you to that fact.
>
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