Signify is a toool to create and verify signatures on files.

Homepage: https://github.com/aperezdc/signify

As an alternative to GnuPG (GPG)[1], it is a single-purpose tool originally designed to fill some needs at OpenBSD. It is focused solely on signatures and doesn't do encryption or descryption. It can make for a simpler approach when that is all that's needed.

1: /gnupg-gpg/

A similar tool for encryption/decryption is Age (Encryption)[2].

2: /age-encryption/

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• Gnupg (GPG)[3]

3: /gnupg-gpg/

GnuPG (also known by its command name, gpg) is a tool primarily for public key Encryption[4] and cryptographic authentication.

4: /encrypted/

• Verifying Filespooler Job Integrity[5]

5: /verifying-filespooler-job-integrity/

Sometimes, one wants to verify the integrity and authenticity of a Filespooler[6] job file before processing it.

6: /filespooler/

• Encrypted[7]

7: /encrypted/

Encryption is a way to encode data so that people that might intercept it can't decipher the original message (often called the "plaintext").

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