Q. about difference between -sign and -clearsign

[Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder]

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On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 13:34, Alessio Dessi wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I've cut & paste this from the gpg man page
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>  -s, --sign      Make   a   signature.  This  command  may  be combined=20
> with --encrypt.
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>  --clearsign    Make a clear text signature.
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> Isn't clear for me the difference between this 2 options
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> anyone can explain me that ?
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> for me seems the same things but I'm quite sure I'm loosing something

Did you try it? (Hint: try with 'gpg -a --sign' and then 'gpg
--clearsign'. --sign alone will output binary. Just type the commands,
your passphrase, and then type a text and hit Ctrl-Z (Windows, I
believe) or Ctrl-D (Unix)).

Yes, I agree that the text in the man page could probably be better; the
term clear text signature is only clear if you know what it means.

cheers
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