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RPM package signatures and digests

Panu Matilainen edited this page Mar 16, 2018 · 7 revisions

Table describing signatures and digests used in RPM:

RPM(SIG)TAG_ Version Algorithm Location Range
MD5 3.0 MD5 S HP
PGP 3.0 OpenPGP/RSA S HP
GPG 3.0 OpenPGP/DSA S HP
SHA1 4.0 SHA1 S H
RSA 4.0 OpenPGP/RSA S H
DSA 4.0 OpenPGP/DSA S H
SHA256 4.14 SHA256 S H
PAYLOADDIGEST 4.14 SHA256 (*) M P
  • S = Signature header
  • H = Main header
  • P = Payload
  • F = Files (TODO)
  • (*) = Configurable
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