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Re: [QUESTION] What is a tag for?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jan 18, 2006, 04:00 UTC
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> <offtopic>
> Does anybody know where to obtain the public key to verify
> v2.6.16-rc1 tag?
> </offtopic>

Do a google search for "torvalds" and "tag signing key", and you'll find the thread that has the original key in it.

In fact, if you search for "torvalds" "tag" and "BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK", it will be the first hit.

Anyway, here it is again. Linus' tag signing key. I could do what you do, but I feel that it's kind of pointless to put the public key with the project, since if you don't trust the project, you shouldn't trust the key it contains as being from me.

You fundamentally want to have some _other_ reason to trust the key, like the fact that you can find it independently with google ;)

		Linus
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  1. Alex BenneeJan 17, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisJan 17, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsJan 18, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisJan 18, 2006
  7. Petr BaudisJan 18, 2006
  8. Andreas EricssonJan 18, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2006
  10. Andreas EricssonJan 18, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2006
  12. Andreas EricssonJan 25, 2006

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