Detached signature

A detached signature is a type of digital signature that is kept separate from its signed data, as opposed to bundled together into a single file.

This approach offers several advantages, such as preventing unauthorized modifications to the original data objects. However, there is a risk that the detached signature could become separated from its associated data, making the data inaccessible.

See also

References

  • {{cite web

|url = http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x135.html#AEN160

|title = Making and verifying signatures: Detached signatures

|author = Free Software Foundation

|work=The GNU Privacy Handbook

|year = 1999

|accessdate = 2010-01-25

}}

  • {{cite web

|url = http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms759193(VS.85).aspx

|title = Detached Signatures

|author = Microsoft Corporation

|work = MSDN Library

|accessdate = 2019-01-25

|date = 2016-10-16

}}

Category:Public-key cryptography

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