openwrt / usign

[MIRROR] Tiny signify replacement
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/usign.git;
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Usage: -F option desc. not entirely correct #2

Open mykhal opened 3 months ago

mykhal commented 3 months ago

usign -F option claims that the related string/data is a fingerprint. But it's not entirely correct, it's not a hash but just random bytes (in signify it's now internally named keynum). See e.g.:

OpenWrt keys page uses term Key-ID.

usign usage should not say

print key fingerprint of public/secret key or signature

but rather e.g.

mykhal commented 3 months ago

now I've realized it's just a mirror here