GPG Signatures

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Metro Plaintext Keys

The Funtoo Linux master GPG signing key is the drobbins@funtoo.org key (the "BDFL key"), which has the following signature:

GPG key name/email	GPG comment	Fingerprint
Daniel Robbins drobbins@funtoo.org	BDFL	D3B9 48F8 2EE8 B402 0A04 1078 9A65 8306 E986 E8EE

To verify the integrity of stage3 tarballs using GPG, download your preferred stage3 tarball from https://build.funtoo.org, along with the matching file with the additional .gpg extension in the same directory. Next, we will receive the public master key from a public keyserver (specifying the last 8 digits of the BDFL fingerprint) and assign ultimate trust to it:

user $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key D3B948F82EE8B4020A0410789A658306E986E8EE
user $ gpg --edit-key E986E8EE
gpg> trust
Your decision? 5
Do you really want to set this key to ultimate trust? (y/N) y
gpg> quit

Each build server key has been signed by the BDFL key, so by trusting the BDFL key ultimately, you will automatically fully trust the build server key.

Next, head to GPG Signatures/Metro Plaintext Keys and copy and paste the public key and associated signatures for the metro build server into a file called node.txt. Then, import this key into GPG:

user $ gpg --import node.txt

Then, you can use the gpg --verify command to verify the stage3's GPG signature. You should see output similar to this. The BDFL trusts this key, and if your stage file is not corrupted, you will see a message of a "Good signature" and an exit code of zero:

user $ gpg --verify stage3-amd64-zen2-1.4-release-std-2021-11-23.tar.xz.gpg stage3-amd64-zen2-1.4-release-std-2021-11-23.tar.xz
gpg: Signature made Fri 03 Dec 2021 09:27:55 AM MST
gpg:                using RSA key 30737D12308C9D0C882FC34B57CB0A121BAECB2E
gpg: Good signature from "Daniel Robbins (metro:node) <drobbins@funtoo.org>" [full]
user $ echo $?
0

   Note

For more details on the benefits of GPG, read https://gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html