------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Debian Archive Signing Key to be changed [email protected] Mai 23rd, 2009 http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Archive Signing Key to be changed The Debian Project wishes to announce the change of the GNU Privacy Guard key used to digitaly sign its archive reference files. Signatures are used to ensure that packages installed by users are the very same originally distributed by Debian, and have not been exchanged or tempered with. Affected distributions are the Debian unstable branch (codenamed "Sid") as well as the testing branch (codenamed "Squeeze"). The current stable version Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") and the current oldstable version Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed "Etch") will have their ftpmaster signature updated too. The release managers signature stays untouched. The currently used key will expire soon. The new key has already been distributed via the debian-archive-keyring package. For users of the current stable release Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") no action is required from the user side, since Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") was already shipped with the new key. Users of the current oldstable release Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenames "Etch") should ensure to have upgraded to the lates point release 4.0r8 which added an upgraded package containing the new key. Users of Debian's testing branch (codenamed "Squeeze") and Debian's unstable branch (codenamed "Sid") should ensure to have at least version 2009.01.31 of the debian-archive-keyring package installed. Starting with the next mirror update this evening and for the next three weeks the archive will be digitally signed by both the old and the new key. Starting with the 13th of June only the new key will be used. For reference, the old key is pub 1024D/6070D3A1 2006-11-20 [expires: 2009-07-01] uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (4.0/etch) <[email protected]> and the new one pub 4096R/55BE302B 2009-01-27 [expires: 2012-12-31] uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (5.0/lenny) <[email protected]> This key rollover is a normal maintainance task and was started in January. For security reasons Debian's archive signing keys regularily expire after three years. About Debian The Debian project is an organisation of many developers who volunteer their time and effort, collaborating via the Internet. Their tasks include maintaining and updating Debian GNU/Linux which is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development model makes it unique among GNU/Linux distributions. Contact Information For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Team <[email protected]> or visit the Debian homepage at <http://www.debian.org/>. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
