Re: [Gimp-web] HELP! Download issue

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 03/10/2016 04:28 PM, Bill Wright wrote:
> I am on the www.gimp.org web site, trying to download the current windows
> version. I have Windows 7 Home Premium. Running Microsoft Security
> Essentials.
>
> When I try to download the software, from the "directly" button, I get an
> error message at the bottom of the window. When I click on "learn more" the
> attached window opens.

You're running into this:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762640


Microsoft's reasoning is described in:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32288.windows-enforcement-of-authenticode-code-signing-and-timestamping.aspx


tkl;dr: installers signed with sha-1 are no longer considered signed at all


P.S. as a Windows user, I'd be concerned about the various "blocked"
statements in the enforcement details table

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/32288.windows-enforcement-of-authenticode-code-signing-and-timestamping.aspx#Enforcement_details

Bye, bye, old software?


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Regards,
Michael
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