tag: cleartext signature

  • Making and verifying a cleartext digital signature using a PGP key pair in Linux

    Making and verifying a cleartext digital signature using a PGP key pair in Linux

    Maria D. Campbell

    In this post, I describe how to create and verify a cleartext signature using a PGP key pair. I also show how to create a detached signature and when I would want to use it over a cleartext signature.

    #asymmetric encryption, #cleartext signature, #gpg, #linux, #pgp, #pgp key pair, #security, #series, #verification