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diff --git a/system/signify/README b/system/signify/README index 77a8b58724..9ca66cf859 100644 --- a/system/signify/README +++ b/system/signify/README @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -OpenBSD tool to signs and verify signatures on files. Portable version. +OpenBSD tool to sign 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. +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. |