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Re: Signing binary packages



On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 10:14:44PM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote:
> Hello
> 
> [please cc me]
> 
> I've played a bit with gpg, ar and dpkg, and this seems to be
> a good way to sign binary packages. I can't code C else I'd made
> a patch to dpkg-deb. I've tested this with gpg as crypto-tool and
> xfree86-common as guinea-pig.

This is already implemented in a devel branch in dpkg CVS. Check into it.
Also, Wichert, Ian and I are discussing it to some extent right now (in
person) at the DPKG Developers Conference, here in Atlanta, held by
SecureWorks.

Ben

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