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More rephrasing in the README Getty Ritter 8 years ago

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6	6	The `verify` script is a small script that intends to make the
7	7	unfortunately common pattern of installing software using
8	8	`curl \| sh` more secure. The `verify` script is a very small
9		interface on top of OpenBSD's ~~[signify] tool for code-signing~~
	9	interface on top of OpenBSD's
	10	[signify](http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/signify)
	11	code-signing tool
10	12	that fits in the middle of pipelines, letting you transform
11	13	the insecure pipeline
12	14

19	21	~~~.sh
20	22	$ curl some-package.verified \| verify \| sh
21	23	~~~
	24
	25	which will not execute the downloaded program if the package
	26	has not been signed by a trusted key. The keys used by
	27	[signify](http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/signify)
	28	are
	29	[Ed25519](http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/index.html) keys, and
	30	therefore are very small and can be easily stored and
	31	distributed in numerous ways.
22	32
23	33	Additionally, if you don't have the public key that signed a
24	34	package, and want to trust a package _just this one time_,