Hi,

21.11.2007 22:25,, Vladimir Doisan wrote::
> Theoretically these are redundant since "PKI Signature" also validates
> the integrity of the file against the original. However I do not know
> whether the PKI signatures are being stored in DB and being verified in
> the same matter as MD5/SHA sig.

It seems I didn't write clear enough: As far as I know the PKI 
Signature is not stored in the catalog, and thus cannot be used for 
verification of files.

Arno

> Arno Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 17.11.2007 02:44,, Vladimir Doisan wrote::
>>> Still looking for the answer. I will allow myself a single bump for this
>>> topic. Hopefully a developer will be answer this question.
>> Sorry, I'm not a developer :-)
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Vladimir Doisan wrote:
>>>> Currently I have "signatures" set in the FileSet as "signature = MD5"
>>>> and
>>>> "PKI Signature = yes" in client-fd (I assume SHA256 is default)
>>>>
>>>> Is it necessary to have them set in both places? Can I safely get rid of
>>>> "signature = MD5" from FileSet definition?
>> I don't think the PKI signature - aka crypto stuff - is usable as a 
>> hash in the catalog. The latter is used for verify jobs, and needs to 
>> be stored in the catalog. The former is, as far as I know, only used 
>> for encrypted data transfer and not suitable for verify jobs.
>>
>> Let's see if any of the developers can confirm this...
>>
>> Arno
>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
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