Q. about difference between -sign and -clearsign

Alessio Dessi alessio.dessi@libero.it
Wed Feb 26 13:31:01 2003


Hi all,

I've cut & paste this from the gpg man page


 -s, --sign      Make   a   signature.  This  command  may  be combined 
with --encrypt.

 --clearsign    Make a clear text signature.


Isn't clear for me the difference between this 2 options

anyone can explain me that ?

for me seems the same things but I'm quite sure I'm loosing something


thanks in advance 

Alessio