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Well, in that case @iancarroll didn't read the post. What he claims I don't understand is exactly what the post says.

• holdenbaggins 12y ago
  I think @iancarroll is pointing out that you seem to be conflating signature and identity verification. They are different concerns, yet both are both necessary for secure software distribution. Fine if you reject web-of-trust style identity verification, but your notion of "web identity verification" is not in any way a good substitute for code signature verification. What if someone compromises your hosted repository? Unless your artifact were already cryptographically signed, no amount of identity verification is going to help you.
  • jbaruch_s 12y ago
    That's very true. That's why Bintray has both "web identity verification" and pgp signing, while Maven Central gives you signing only, without a way to really identify the author.
    • brianefox 12y ago
      Fwiw, Bintray requires the private key and passphrase to do the signing. This isn't really proper key handling and has been pointed out before.
      • jbaruch_s 12y ago
        Brian, how ignorant of you (again). The docs on signing are public, you could read before spreading FUD.