Re: Digitally Signing files

From: Jerry Pisk (jerryiii_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:07:01 -0700

It isn't as most files are not suitable for difital signatures. Images or
ASP (text) files for example cannot be digitally signed since the digital
signature will alter the file rendering it unusable.

Jerry

"Andrew Banks" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DC8747A1-2FE0-4085-B42F-7F096CA95000@microsoft.com...
> We're looking to improve security on our webserver by checking each
website directory perdically for files that have not been digitally signed
by us.
>
> The decission to do this has come from someone above me but I need to go
back with the following:
>
> How can you digitally signs files?
> A website can potentially have thousands of files - can you batch sign all
of them before uploading to the server?
> Is this a practical approach or are their other methods we could employ to
make sure no files have been uploaded without being digitally signed?
>
> Thanks
>