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_wldu on Nov 13, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sign arbitrary data with your SSH keys

Age uses this feature of GitHub, as an example, in the documentation:

"Encrypting to a GitHub user

Combining SSH key support and -R, you can easily encrypt a file to the SSH keys listed on a GitHub profile.

$ curl https://github.com/benjojo.keys | age -R - example.jpg > example.jpg.age"

I also like distributing public keys via DNS TXT records and have written about that some here:

https://www.go350.com/posts/age-file-encryption/#age-pki-iss...

mlangenberg on Nov 14, 2021 | [–]

Thanks! I was already wondering if this would be possible. Signing data has its uses, but I more often have to transfer sensitive data to other GitHub users and this tool seems really useful for that!

the8472 on Nov 13, 2021 | [–]

That's encryption (recipient key), not signing (sender key). But yeah (r)age is pretty useful for that.

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