clearsign destroys files

[Greg Sabino Mullane]

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> gpg --clearsign -o signed.pdf original.pdf
> gpg --decrypt -o destroyed.pdf signed.pdf

You can't clearsign a binary directly, but you can clearsign a list
of binary checksums, if you don't want to create a whole bunch of
external files. I typically use both md5 and sha1. For example, here's
how I signed the 8.0.3 PostgreSQL distribution:

http://www.gtsm.com/postgresql-8.0.3.gpg.txt

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg at turnstep.com
PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200507141255
https://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8

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