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Signing and Verifying JAR Files

This lesson shows you how to use the tools provided in the Java^TM Development Kit to sign and verify JAR files:

• Signing JAR Files shows you how to use the JDK^TM tools to digitally sign your JAR files.
• Verifying Signed JAR Files shows you how to verify JAR files.

If you're not familiar with the signing, some background information is contained at the end of this lesson in the Understanding Signing and Verification section. There you'll find definitions of the relevant terms, explanations of some of the benefits provided by signing, and an outline of the signing mechanism used by the Java platform as it relates to JAR files.

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