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title: 'Release Media Signatures'
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<p>
  Our current releases are signed with either of these keys <strong>or any sub keys</strong>:
</p>

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    <th>Key ID/Type/Fingerprint</th>
    <th>Description</th>
    <th>Created</th>
    <th>Expired</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><kbd>0xBB572E0E2D182910</kbd> (4096-bit RSA)<br>
    <kbd>13EB BDBE DE7A 1277 5DFD B1BA BB57 2E0E 2D18 2910</kbd></td>
    <td>Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (Automated Weekly Release Key)</td>
    <td>2009-08-25</td>
    <td>2015-08-24</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><kbd>0xDB6B8C1F96D8BF6D</kbd> (4096-bit RSA)<br>
    <kbd>DCD0 5B71 EAB9 4199 527F 44AC DB6B 8C1F 96D8 BF6D</kbd></td>
    <td>Gentoo Portage Snapshot Signing Key (Automated Signing Key)</td>
    <td>2011-11-25</td>
    <td>2015-11-24</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><kbd>0x9E6438C817072058</kbd> (1024-bit DSA)<br>
    <kbd>D99E AC73 79A8 50BC E47D A5F2 9E64 38C8 1707 2058</kbd></td>
    <td>Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (Gentoo Linux Release Signing Key)</td>
    <td>2004-07-20</td>
    <td>2016-08-13</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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        <h3 class="panel-title"><span class="fa fa-fw fa-check-circle-o"></span> Verifying Files</h3>
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        <p>To verify downloaded files are not tampered with, you need the <tt>.DIGESTS</tt> file matching your release and the matching key from the table above.</p>

        <p>Fetch the key:</p>

        <p><kbd>gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys &lt;key id&gt;</kbd></p>

        <p>Verify the <tt>DIGESTS</tt> file:</p>

        <p><kbd>gpg --verify &lt;foo.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</kbd></p>

        <p>Verify the download matches the digests. At least one of the following will exist:</p>

        <p><kbd>sha512sum -c &lt;foo.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</kbd></p>
        <p><kbd>sha256sum -c &lt;foo.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</kbd></p>
        <p><kbd>sha1sum -c &lt;foo.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</kbd></p>

        <br>

        <div class="alert alert-info">
          Detailed instructions are available in the <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page" class="alert-link">Gentoo Handbook</a>.
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