cacert-webdb/pages/help/8.php

<? /*
    LibreSSL - CAcert web application
    Copyright (C) 2004-2008  CAcert Inc.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/ ?>
<p><i><?=_("Question: I'm a software developer for linux and I want to use CAcert/openssl to distribute my packages with detached signatures, is this possible and why would I do this over PGP/GPG detached signatures?")?></i></p>
<p><?=_("I'll anwser the why part first, as that's reasonably easy. The short answer is it takes most of the key handling responsibilty away from you and/or your group. If you need to revoke your key for any reason (such as a developer leaving the project) it won't effect your ability to revoke the existing key or keys, and issue new ones.")?></p>
update, gpg changes etc 2005-02-16 18:11:53 +00:00			`<? /*`
Changed license to GPLv2 2008-04-06 19:45:09 +00:00			`LibreSSL - CAcert web application`
			`Copyright (C) 2004-2008 CAcert Inc.`
update, gpg changes etc 2005-02-16 18:11:53 +00:00
Changed license to GPLv2 2008-04-06 19:45:09 +00:00			`This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify`
			`it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by`
			`the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.`
update, gpg changes etc 2005-02-16 18:11:53 +00:00
Changed license to GPLv2 2008-04-06 19:45:09 +00:00			`This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,`
			`but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of`
			`MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the`
			`GNU General Public License for more details.`
update, gpg changes etc 2005-02-16 18:11:53 +00:00
Changed license to GPLv2 2008-04-06 19:45:09 +00:00			`You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License`
			`along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software`
			`Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA`
update, gpg changes etc 2005-02-16 18:11:53 +00:00			`*/ ?>`
bug fixes 2004-12-03 23:19:04 +00:00			`<p><i><?=_("Question: I'm a software developer for linux and I want to use CAcert/openssl to distribute my packages with detached signatures, is this possible and why would I do this over PGP/GPG detached signatures?")?></i></p>`
			`<p><?=_("I'll anwser the why part first, as that's reasonably easy. The short answer is it takes most of the key handling responsibilty away from you and/or your group. If you need to revoke your key for any reason (such as a developer leaving the project) it won't effect your ability to revoke the existing key or keys, and issue new ones.")?></p>`