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Matomo apt repository key is too short and old

Open olaf7 opened this issue 4 months ago • 2 comments

When following instructions at https://debian.matomo.org to add the URI as a source for the APT package system, you will run into problems when using the current Debian stable release: Trixie.

Problem :

~/matomo# gpg matomo-repository.gpg
gpg: WARNING: no command supplied.  Trying to guess what you mean ...
pub   dsa1024 2013-12-19 [SC]
      1FD752571FE36FF23F78F91B81E2E78B66FED89E
uid           Piwik Open Source Analytics (Debian Package) <[email protected]>
sub   elg4096 2013-12-19 [E]

Which lists the three problems:

  • The signing key is very old (2013)
  • The key is very short (1024) and can no longer be considered safe for this reason
  • The short key is no longer usable in Debian (since Trixie)

Comments:

As an alternative on the net resources can be found pointing to the Ubuntu keyserver. This also does not work on Trixie. I believe it should be fixed at the root: https://debian.matomo.org

I know there is a workaround as explained here: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/04/workaround-apt-warning-signature-key-uses-weak-algorithm/ This does not sound as a solution to me.

olaf7 avatar Aug 31 '25 20:08 olaf7