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Re: [LUG] Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns - might be of interest

 

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:17:23PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> 
> As they mention here, the .tar.gz file wasn't signed with a PGP key
> (is it possible to sign .tar.gz files?).

apparently

 http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Compression.html

    See bottom of page

Also using gnupg you can get compression: but presumably with a .gpg
extension

http://linux.die.net/man/1/gpg

    See "bzip2-compress-level n"


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