I am supporting a small network of Linux boxes running RH3 in a restricted 
area, with no connection to an outside network; hence I do not use 
freshclam to update the virus data base files, but rather download 
main.cvd and daily.cvd and manually upgrade each of the four machines.  My 
question is this- is there a digital signature capability for these files 
that is associated with a manual download?     If so, what are the steps I 
need to follow?  I am using gnupg 1.2.1 and am familiar with adding public 
keys, such as the ones on the dag/wieers website used to sign the binary 
RPMs.  Are there signature files associated with the main.cvd and 
daily.cvd files posted on the home page of clamav.net?  If so, whose key 
is used to encrypt? (You may correctly ask "why bother running Clam or 
mess with digital signatures if you're not on the public net?"  The reason 
is, that due to the sensitive nature of the processing that goes on using 
these machines, the powers that be worry about protection from viruses 
period, and using open source is a further cause for their concern, so the 
ability to at least download from trusted sources is a big thing to them).

The answers to FAQ questions 20 and 36 do not seem to apply to my 
situation, but I may not be smart enough to know if they do, as I am a 
very inexperienced Linux newbie.  I wasn't able to find any other postings 
that seemed to be relevant to my situation either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



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