On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:41:00 -0400 Gentoo-Wally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you sign a file using --sign > > gpg --output doc.sig --sign doc > > the docs say.... > > http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html#AEN136 > > "The document is compressed before being signed, and the output is in > binary format." > > This means that the output file doc.sig is compressed and signed. > This does _NOT_ mean it is encrypted...correct? --sign does not sign > and encrypt, right? That is correct. In order to encrypt you should use --encrypt or --symmetric. > > Also, what is the compression method? The compression methods available can be seen with gpg --version: Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 and the one actually used depends on the key's preferences and your gpg capabilities if I'm not mistaken. -- Saludos Gonzalo
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