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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:13:51 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Landon Hurley <ljrhurley@...il.com>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL insecure install via yum (multiple
 problems)

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On 08/19/2013 07:04 PM, Landon Hurley wrote:
> Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com> wrote:
>> Problem:
> 
>> So I wanted to install PostgreSQL 9.2 to test something. So I
>> google "postgresql 9.2 rpm" and get sent to:
> 
>> http://yum.postgresql.org/repopackages.php
> 
>> which is not available by HTTPS at all. Not ideal but ok, I
>> download it over HTTP because I can check the signature on the
>> file right?
> 
>> Wrong, I can't find the key anywhere. I try pgp.mit.edu, I even
>> google site:postgresql.org 442df0f8 and all you get are archived
>> emails with the warning that the signature can't be checked. No
>> copy of the key.
> 
> Kurt, pgp.mit.edu is deprecated. I recommend searching 0x442df0f8
> on pool.sks-keyservers.net which does return a key.
> 
> landon

Weird, I must have typo'ed it, in any event it returns a key with that
value and no signatures. No idea if it's legitimate or not. I can
check it against an RPM I downloaded over HTTP which sort of ends me
back up square one.


- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993
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