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Briefly acknowledge Authenticode on Keys page.

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Jacob Nevins 2019-03-15 23:15:07 +00:00
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@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ option), such that if you have an executable you trust, you can use
it to establish a trust path, for instance to a newer version
downloaded from the Internet.
As of release 0.67, the Windows executables and installer also contain
built-in signatures that are automatically verified by Windows' own
mechanism (\q{\i{Authenticode}}). The keys used for that are different,
and are not covered here.
(Note that none of the keys, signatures, etc mentioned here have
anything to do with keys used with SSH - they are purely for verifying
the origin of files distributed by the PuTTY team.)