It is essential that you verify the integrity of the
downloaded files using the PGP or MD5 signatures. Please
read Verifying
Apache 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
% pgpk -a KEYS
% pgpv
apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
or
%
pgp -ka KEYS
% pgp
apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
or
%
gpg --import KEYS
% gpg --verify
apache_1.3.24.tar.gz.asc
- httpd-2.0.48.tar.gz is signed by Sander Striker
DE885DD3
- httpd-1.3.29.tar.gz is signed by Jim Jagielski
08C975E5
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.