From 2795643932d147687052466550c363ea60d82590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:15:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Briefly acknowledge Authenticode on Keys page. --- doc/pgpkeys.but | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/pgpkeys.but b/doc/pgpkeys.but index 85008c88..2206849a 100644 --- a/doc/pgpkeys.but +++ b/doc/pgpkeys.but @@ -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.)