On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Kerrick Staley wrote:

> Just to make sure that I'm understanding this, a complete PGP signature does 
> not embed information about whether it is the signature of a file or the 
> signature of a certificate, so it's a bad idea to sign a remotely generated 
> digest?

No, it's the other way.  A PGP signature does embed information about all sorts 
of things, including whether it is the signature of a file or signature over a 
certificate.

David


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