security with gcj

security with gcj

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Hi,
I try to arrange a small application with gcj (binary code generation not 
byte code) under windows and linux operating systems.
I saw under windows that with C# or VB it is possible to "sign" the application.
Tipical commands are "sn" and "al" taking in input some ".snk" files...
Is there any procedure/command to follow also with gcj to sign the executable and verify them?

just as reference in windows the procedure is described in:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xc31ft41.aspx

Thanks.
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Re: security with gcj

[Andrew Haley]

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> I try to arrange a small application with gcj (binary code generation not 
> byte code) under windows and linux operating systems.
> I saw under windows that with C# or VB it is possible to "sign" the application.
> Tipical commands are "sn" and "al" taking in input some ".snk" files...
> Is there any procedure/command to follow also with gcj to sign the executable and verify them?

Not really, no.  I'm not sure hos much sense this makes,
in any case: when you install an executable, whether it's
been built by gcj or something else, that's the time to
check that it has been signed by someone you trust.  RPM
provides this facility, as do a bunch of other package
management programs.

Andrew.

Re: security with gcj

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--- On Tue, 7/8/08, Andrew Haley wrote:

> Not really, no.  I'm not sure hos much sense this
> makes,
> in any case: when you install an executable, whether
> it's
> been built by gcj or something else, that's the time to
> check that it has been signed by someone you trust.  RPM
> provides this facility, as do a bunch of other package
> management programs.

It is quite different the RPM "sign" all the "tar" just before/during
the installation, instead the method with "al" sign the application every
time it is execute, because is the executable itself that will be certified.
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