X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/a2d40703e4a5590a689ace4466f92e590434944d..995a4bf6d770a5cc824c38388909f23fcca558c3:/doc/apt-key.8.xml
diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
index 1d91790ea..41628aff6 100644
--- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
&synopsis-param-filename; or if the filename is -
from standard input.
-
+
+ It is critical that keys added manually via apt-key are
+ verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for
+ otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined.
+
@@ -110,10 +114,11 @@
-
- Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the
- public key.
-
+ Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you
+ can e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of
+ keys. Note that there are no checks performed, so it is
+ easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without
+ care.