It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded
files using the PGP or MD5 signatures. Please read Verifying HTTP Server Releases for
more information on why you should verify our releases.
The PGP signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG. First
download the KEYS
as well as the asc
signature file for the particular
distribution. Make sure you get these files from the main distribution
directory, rather than from a mirror. Then verify the signatures
using
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% pgpk -a KEYS
% pgpv apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
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or
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% pgp -ka KEYS
% pgp apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
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or
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% gpg --import KEYS
% gpg --verify apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
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Alternatively, you can verify the MD5 signature on the files. A
unix program called md5
or md5sum
is
included in many unix distributions. It is also available as part of
GNU
Textutils. Windows users can get binary md5 programs from here, here, or
here.