Digital signature

Digital signature

An authentication code used especially in email which can be used as a traditional written signature.

Digital signatures cannot be forged because the signature is created with a sender's secret key and can be verified by a recipient using the sender's public key.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Operating systems
Company: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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