Re: [PLUG] GPG signature question

["Michael Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

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From: <Darxus@ChaosReigns.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] GPG signature question


> On 01/12, Michael Leone wrote:
> > Does your gpg key signature ever change? If not, what would stop me from
> > copying a signature that appeared in some other email, and pasting it at
the
> > bottom of this mail? How would you know that I've pasted somebody else's
> > signature, and not my own?
> >
> > I'm presuming that gpg won't be fooled by this, and so this won't really
> > work; I was just wondering WHY. Also HOW.
>
> The signature includes a checksum of what it signed.

Ah, the the signature DOES change, each time you use it. It's customized for
each use.

Thanks.




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