Re: Linux 3.0.7 now on kernel.org

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> [...]
> Signing the compressed file makes the compression "precious".  It also
> means that the developer has to sign each.
>
> It's not significantly "more handy" either... you can do something like:
> 	xz -cd file.xz | gpg --verify file.sign -

On the other hand, it forces someone to decompress an untrustworthy
file in order to check its signature.  Should there ever be a security
exploit in any of these decompressors, this practice would aid
triggering it.

- FChE
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