Verifying Digital Signature

A digital signature is intended to be verified just like a usual signature on paper for reasons such as authentication and data integrity.

From the main menu, choose "Privacy > Verify" to enter this screen. Once entered, you will be presented with a form to enter necessary data to verify:

On the toolbar, there are two buttons -- Accept and Start Over. Start Over button is used to clear out the form if you do something wrong and want to start over. Accept is used to start the verification process after you have filled out the verification data form. You will need the public key of the signer on your keyring. If you do not have the signer's public key on your keyring, you will not be able to verify the signer's signature.

Once the verification is done, you will be told if the verification is successful. If extraction is selected, the output will be saved into a file if you have specified one. At the same time, the output will also be sent to the data area.

When no output file is specified, the extracted data is only temporarily stored in memory and not persistent. This maximizes your privacy by leaving no trace on your persistent storage media.