cryptomgmtlibs/securitydocs/doxygen_docs/Security_intro_signatures.dox
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-/**
-@page Security_signatures Digital signatures
-
-A digital signature is used to verify that a message (or data) actually came from the sender (the one who signed the 
-message) and that it has not been tampered with.
-
-A signature is formed by producing a fixed-length digest (@ref hash) of the message using a hash algorithm, which is then 
-encrypted using the sender's private key. This signature and the message are then sent to the recipient.
-
-The receiver can then verify the signature as follows: a @ref hash is produced of the sender's message (using the hashing 
-algorithm sent with the signature); also, using the sender's public key, their signature is decrypted into a @ref hash. 
-These two hashes are compared: if they are the same, it is more or less certain that the public key used for the 
-@ref decryption corresponds to the private key used to create the signature, thus data integrity is validated.
-
-
-*/
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