What happens when you Digitally Sign a file with SafeDoXX for Safe EXIM?
When you digitally sign information, you are giving the recipients the ability to determine that the contents of the document have not been altered since you signed it. In other words, data integrity is guaranteed. Even if there is a minor alteration in digitally signed information, the verification process fails, and warning recipients that the information has changed since it was signed. In order to sign a file, you must have a public/private key pair and a certificate associated with the pair. When you sign a file, first a message digest is created of that file. A message digest is essentially a digital fingerprint of a specific file. It is created using a Hash Algorithme.g. MD4, MD5 or SHA1. The message digest is then encrypted using your private key. The resultant file is your Digital Signature for that specific file. The signature and a copy of the original file are placed into one file. This single file is then given to the recipient who can then verify the signature to establis
