Request for better instructions on verifying IDEA source signatures

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Hi,

I've been experimenting with the IDEA cipher 3rd party plugin files, and I
keep reading about how I should verify their signatures.

Unfortunately, the help provided by the GnuPG page for that is useless.
Sure, I get the .sig files, but nowhere, not even on the FTP site itself can
I find the public keys to verify the signature.

I started surfing around the GnuPG pages and read that I could find a
communal verifying key in the GnuPG\doc directory, but I don't see anything
in my Mingw32 installation.  And the key provided in armored ascii format
does not match the signature.  Great!

My argument:  I think this is bad for getting people used to doing things
right, as actually doing the safe thing has become a wild-goose chase for
me.  This by no-means encourages anyone to follow proper safety protocol if
the suggestion to verify the IDEA code is impossible or extremely difficult,
in this instance.

Thank you for reading.


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smu johnson <[email protected]>

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Hi,<br><br>I&#39;ve been experimenting with the IDEA cipher 3rd party plugi=
n files, and I keep reading about how I should verify their signatures.<br>=
<br>Unfortunately, the help provided by the GnuPG page for that is useless.=
=A0 Sure, I get the .sig files, but nowhere, not even on the FTP site itsel=
f can I find the public keys to verify the signature.<br>
<br>I started surfing around the GnuPG pages and read that I could find a c=
ommunal verifying key in the GnuPG\doc directory, but I don&#39;t see anyth=
ing in my Mingw32 installation.=A0 And the key provided in armored ascii fo=
rmat does not match the signature.=A0 Great!<br>
<br>My argument:=A0 I think this is bad for getting people used to doing th=
ings right, as actually doing the safe thing has become a wild-goose chase =
for me.=A0 This by no-means encourages anyone to follow proper safety proto=
col if the suggestion to verify the IDEA code is impossible or extremely di=
fficult, in this instance.<br>
<br>Thank you for reading.<br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>smu johnson &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br><br=
>

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