security with gcj

Wed Jul 9 21:35:00 GMT 2008

--- On Tue, 7/8/08, Andrew Haley wrote:
> Not really, no. I'm not sure hos much sense this
> makes,
> in any case: when you install an executable, whether
> it's
> been built by gcj or something else, that's the time to
> check that it has been signed by someone you trust. RPM
> provides this facility, as do a bunch of other package
> management programs.

It is quite different the RPM "sign" all the "tar" just before/during
the installation, instead the method with "al" sign the application every
time it is execute, because is the executable itself that will be certified.
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