On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 06:00:35 +0000, Chris Morley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Please try to post using plain text only if possible - thanks ] > > > I run 'apt-get update' and it throws an error:> > > > W: GPG error: > > > http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release: The following signatures > > > were invalid: BADSIG A70DAF536070D3A1 Debian Archive Automatic Signing > > > Key (4.0/etch) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>W: You may want to run apt-get update > > > to correct these problems"> > [...]> > It works for me. Maybe it was a > > > temporary network problem. Try again. > > Hmmm, this turned out to be my ever so crap ISP's transparent proxy... I > checked with another debian box outside of their network and apt-get was fine. > > Is this usual? Very frustrating and a lot of time wasted because of this > annoying proxy. Is it usual to enforce a transparent proxy? As your ISP seems to be in the UAE then I don't know, but in the UK it is less common that it used to be (Telewest/Blueyonder cable were guilty at one time). Presumably you need to somehow force a proxy refresh before getting the update. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
