Subject: Re: Question about signature file of emacs binaries distribution

From: Phillip Lord <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:11:30 +0100

Dev Prabhu <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I downloaded emacs distribution for windows 64-bit binaries
> (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip) and the associated signature file
> (emacs-26.3-x86_64.zip.sig) from the location
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-26/
>
> My attempt to verify the signature says that the signing certificate has
> expired a few months ago.
> Is it still safe to use this download?

Yes. I am considering what to do about the expired key.

Phil