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Re: Puzzled: synaptic wants to install 'unauthenticated' ssh (and others)



On Sun, Apr 06 2014, Ron Leach wrote:
> List, I must have done something odd or, maybe, missed a Debian
> release certificate change, or something.  But I'm not sure how to
> reinstate security for software upgrades or installations.
>
> Wheezy 64, using synaptic, on a laptop with a pretty normal set of
> desktop applications.  Synaptic marked a few items as 'upgradeable',
> maybe a dozen, including openssh and iceweasel.  Asked synaptic to
> apply the upgrades, and it replies with a text box warning that some
> upgrades cannot be authenticated.  Among those are openssh client and
> server, and iceweasel; the list of unauthenticatable items pretty much
> matches the list of items that synaptic has marked as upgradeable.
>
> The last changes I did were to install (a few minutes before) a 386
> architecture, through apt and synaptic, without encountering any
> authentication issues.  In the meantime I've declined any more
> changes.  How best should I get back to a state where synaptic's
> updates are authenticated?
>
> Grateful for any pointers,

Whenever this happens to me it's because my clock is a long way from
being correct, perhaps that is worth checking?

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