What's a .sig file?... not related to those used with email

[CityK]

So I'm about to try the latest version of kerio personal firewall. However, I notice in that d/l directory that there is a ".sig" file accompanying each new version released since Aug 18th.

Now before I install kpf, I would love to figure out what the .sig file is for. Although I imagine that it is some sort of checksum, I can't figure out how to view its contents. The kpf install executable, on the otherhand, yeilds a checksum in my favourite windows MD5 program.

Anyone know what it is?

CK

 

[Mercutio]

Probably some kind of digital signature that you can compare to something on their web site. That would make sense for an application related to security.

 

[CityK]

After reading Merc's response, I went back to Kerio's web site and I think I might have figured it out. I discovered that I had completely missed/overlooked the Beta Section.

On that page, when you hover your mouse over the Download link, your given an address of:

"http://download.kerio.cz/dwn/kpf4-en-win.exe"

However if you proceed to click the Download link, your dished up:

...............................................kerio-pf-4.0.6-en-win.exe

So, I'm guessing the server compares the .sig files available in that same directory that I linked earlier, and passes on the most recent file.

CK