About PGP Signing a File.

[John Dangler]

On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 02:24 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  I have a question regarding signing a file or binary, I installed
> > Seahorse which is really awesome tool! And it has a nautilus-extension
> > that easily Encrypt and Sign a file or directory by right-clicking the
> > file. Can someone please tell me the use of signing a binary file or
> > directory? I know it's important, but I really don't get it.
> 
> There's no use, unless you're planning on sending the file to someone.
> If you do send it to someone, they can check the signature to verify you
> sent it.  Emails and most forms of electronic communication can be
> easily forged, but signatures can't be.

As in - gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)
gpg: armor header: Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -
http://enigmail.mozdev.org
gpg: Signature made Sun 11 Feb 2007 02:24:30 AM EST using DSA key ID
3BBDED59
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found

(this is what I see on your signature of your emails to the list)...
> 
> Matthew Flaschen
>