Well it'd be a separate part of signing release artifacts. It would be the
built-in JAR signing rather than the GPG signing we currently do. I think
you can use both.


On 30 August 2014 11:04, Scott Deboy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Chainsaw is actually the immediate need for the code signing cert.
>
> Scott
>  On Aug 29, 2014 9:19 PM, "Ralph Goers" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Why can’t it be used to sign release artifacts?
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2014, at 7:55 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Oh that's definitely a different signing key. That's supposed to make it
>> possible for Log4j to be embedded in Java WebStart and Applet programs that
>> all rely on code signing for general security. I believe the idea is that
>> the code can be signed by some build server during release to prevent
>> leaking our key.
>>
>>
>> On 29 August 2014 21:51, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> What is the story with the ASF code signing key. Matt, I noticed that
>>> you added Log4j 2 to the Jira issue.
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2014, at 7:31 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>> > Note correct signing key for distribution.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/repo
>>> > Commit:
>>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/commit/066e1855
>>> > Tree:
>>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/tree/066e1855
>>> > Diff:
>>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/diff/066e1855
>>> >
>>> > Branch: refs/heads/master
>>> > Commit: 066e1855e7ed4a349904809f4bd866aa9ca85a2e
>>> > Parents: a2c18b6
>>> > Author: Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>>> > Authored: Fri Aug 29 18:56:46 2014 -0500
>>> > Committer: Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
>>> > Committed: Fri Aug 29 18:56:46 2014 -0500
>>> >
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > src/site/apt/download.apt.vm | 5 +++--
>>> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/logging-log4j2/blob/066e1855/src/site/apt/download.apt.vm
>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > diff --git a/src/site/apt/download.apt.vm
>>> b/src/site/apt/download.apt.vm
>>> > index dea8abc..e4b2f26 100644
>>> > --- a/src/site/apt/download.apt.vm
>>> > +++ b/src/site/apt/download.apt.vm
>>> > @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ Download Apache Log4j 2
>>> > % gpg --verify apache-log4j-${Log4jReleaseVersion}-bin.tar.gz.asc
>>> > ---
>>> >
>>> > -    Apache Log4j 2 is signed by Ralph Goers  B3D8E1BA
>>> > +~~    Apache Log4j 2 is signed by Ralph Goers  B3D8E1BA
>>> > +    Apache Log4j ${Log4jReleaseVersion} is signed by Matt Sicker
>>> (FA1C814D)
>>> >
>>> >     Alternatively, you can verify the MD5 signature on the files. A
>>> unix program called md5 or md5sum is included
>>> >     in many unix distributions.
>>> > @@ -76,4 +77,4 @@ log4j-api-${Log4jReleaseVersion}.jar
>>> > log4j-core-${Log4jReleaseVersion}.jar
>>> > ---
>>> >
>>> > -  You can do this from the command line or a manifest file.
>>> > \ No newline at end of file
>>> > +  You can do this from the command line or a manifest file.
>>> >
>>>
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>>
>>
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