Recent content by tlacroix

Reenabling the dsa1024 algorithm (workaround 1) is better than nothing (workaround 2 and 3), but there's a reason why they disabled it: it isn't considered secure anymore. So to answer your question: Yes, you probably don't want to keep dsa1024 enabled longer than you need to, and you want to...

For workaround #1, you need to perform the command as root. It will create the file "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99weakkey-warning" and write...: APT::Key::Assert-Pubkey-Algo ">=rsa2048,ed25519,ed448,dsa1024"; ... into it. You can do the same with nano or vi or any other editor if you prefer. To...

This is due to an update to the "update-manager" package on 28 May 2025 on Ubuntu 24.04. It's affecting a lot of people, so either the repo owners will fix this quick and/or Ubuntu will roll it back temporarily. If you ask me, their update makes sense security-wise, but not the way they...

This is caused by the update to the Ubuntu package update-manager 1:24.04.12 published on 2025-05-28 23:24:55 UTC. Here are three temporary workarounds for Ubuntu 24.04. All will generate warnings, but no errors. We're using the first one. Workaround 1 (the one I recommend), it reenables...