kernel signatures

kernel signatures

[Harm Verhagen]

Hi,

I use the signatures on the kernel releases to verify all files that I
download. 
But..... whats with the following  files ?
patch-2.6.X.sign 
linux-2.6.X.sign
What do they sign ?

I _do_ understand the following types:

patch-2.6.X.tar.gz.sign is the signature of:
patch-2.6.X.tar.gz

patch.2.6.X.tar.bz2.sign is the signature of:
patch.2.6.X.tar.bz2

I suspect this is some kind of FAQ but I couldn't find it.

Regards,
Harm

Re: kernel signatures

[Marcos D. Marado Torres]

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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Harm Verhagen wrote:

> I use the signatures on the kernel releases to verify all files that I
> download.
> But..... whats with the following  files ?
> patch-2.6.X.sign
> linux-2.6.X.sign
> What do they sign ?

It signs the uncompressed files.

Marado

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