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diff --git a/system/signify/README b/system/signify/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..77a8b58724 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/signify/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +OpenBSD tool to signs and verify signatures on files. Portable version. + +The signify utility creates and verifies cryptographic signatures. +A signature verifies the integrity of a message. + +The key and signature files created by signify have the same format. +The first line of the file is a free form text comment that may be edited, +so long as it does not exceed a single line. Signature comments will be +generated based on the name of the secret key used for signing. +This comment can then be used as a hint for the name of the public key +when verifying. The second line of the file is the actual key or signature +base64 encoded. |