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author | Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> | 2022-05-22 01:50:10 +0100 |
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committer | Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> | 2022-05-22 01:50:10 +0100 |
commit | c874843259ed16730f156eb7d6cfc47f26564fc1 (patch) | |
tree | b3a431b24c2927abbb38bc55b0f204958b849e6b /english/CD | |
parent | d1a564dd389ea29458a2aba43576d9d38a2a0248 (diff) |
CD/verify: update the text
Stop talking about CDs!
Improve the wording in general.
Diffstat (limited to 'english/CD')
-rw-r--r-- | english/CD/verify.wml | 35 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/english/CD/verify.wml b/english/CD/verify.wml index 4db177514b7..38210499b12 100644 --- a/english/CD/verify.wml +++ b/english/CD/verify.wml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ -#use wml::debian::cdimage title="Verifying authenticity of Debian CDs" BARETITLE=true +#use wml::debian::cdimage title="Verifying authenticity of Debian images" BARETITLE=true <p> -Official releases of Debian CDs come with signed checksum files; -look for them alongside the images in the <code>iso-cd</code>, -<code>jigdo-dvd</code>, <code>iso-hybrid</code> etc. directories. -These allow you to check that the images you download are correct. -First of all, the checksum can be used to check that the CDs have not -been corrupted during download. -Secondly, the signatures on the checksum files allow you to confirm -that the files are the ones officially released by the Debian CD / -Debian Live team and have not been tampered with. +Official releases of Debian installer and live images come with signed +checksum files; look for them alongside the images in +the <code>iso-cd</code>, <code>jigdo-dvd</code>, <code>iso-hybrid</code> +etc. directories. These files allow you to check that the images you +download are correct. First of all, the checksum can be used to check +that the images have not been corrupted during download. Secondly, the +signatures on the checksum files allow you to confirm that the files +are the ones created and released by Debian, and have not been tampered +with. </p> <p> -To validate the contents of a CD image, just be sure to use the -appropriate checksum tool. -Cryptographically strong checksum -algorithms (SHA256 and SHA512) are available for every releases; you should use the tools +To validate the contents of an image file, be sure to use the +appropriate checksum tool. Cryptographically strong checksum +algorithms (SHA256 and SHA512) are available for every releases; you +should use the tools <code>sha256sum</code> or <code>sha512sum</code> to work with these. </p> @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ verify them against the accompanying signature files (e.g. <code>SHA512SUMS.sign</code>). The keys used for these signatures are all in the <a href="https://keyring.debian.org">Debian GPG keyring</a> and the best way to check them is to use that keyring to validate via -the web of trust. To make life easier for users, here are the -fingerprints for the keys that have been used for releases in recent -years, and links to download the public keys directly: +the web of trust. To make life easier for people who don't have ready +access to an existing Debian machine, here are details of the keys +that have been used to sign releases in recent years, and links to +download the public keys directly: </p> #include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/CD/CD-keys.data" |