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clarify how to get image signatures
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The latest ISO image for VyOS can be downloaded from https://vyos.io/
Verifying digital signatures
----------------------------
Preparing software verification
--------------------------------
We sign our packages with our private key. So, if you have our public key, you will be able to verify the authenticity of the package.
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On most GNU+Linux distributions it is installed by default because package managers use it to verify package signatures.
On other systems you may need to find and install the package.
Then you need our public key.
If you don't have it yet, you can get it from a key server.
Then you need our public key. If you already have it, you can jump to :ref:`gpg-verification`. If you don't have it yet, you can get it from a key server.
``gpg --recv-keys FD220285A0FE6D7E``
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Then you can paste that text in a new file, and import the file into GPG:
``gpg --import your_file_with_our_public_key``
``gpg --import file_with_the_public_key``
You can now check your GPG software has our public key.
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sub rsa4096 2015-08-12 [E]
And finally verify signatures. The signature is that little .asc file you should download along with your chosen VyOS software.
.. _gpg-verification:
GPG verification
----------------
As you have our public key, you just need the signature of the software you want to verify.
.. note:: **In order to get the signature, go to your web browser and append *.asc* to the URL of your dowloaded VyOS image**. You will download a small *.asc* file, that's the signature of your image.
So finally you can verify the authenticity of your image.
.. code-block:: sh