How To Use Apple’s Updated Product Security Key
from The Apple Blog
Apple updated their PGP product security key as part of their two-year cycle. The new key is valid up through May 15, 2010 and will eventually be posted to their Protecting Security Information page. The announcement was made on their mailing list which you can subscribe to via mail or RSS.
How To Use The Key
Unlike the SHA1 Digests that Apple posts with each distinct download from their site (more on how to verify those here) – an example of which is the SHA1 lines on the Safari 3.1.1 update, the PGP key is used when communicating with Apple, either to verify the authenticity of messages you receive from Apple or to encrypt messages you send to Apple.
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