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

[Michael Gomboc <michael.gomboc@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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

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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