[michaelt]

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> How would you digitally sign a Json document and embed the signature in the document?

Embedding a signature into the same file is easy enough.

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iEYEARECAAYFAjdYCQoACgkQJ9S6ULt1dqz6IwCfQ7wP6i/i8HhbcOSKF4ELyQB1

oCoAoOuqpRqEzr4kOkQqHRLE/b8/Rw2k =y6kj

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[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

Or use something similar to jwts, you normalize the document, sign the hash, wrap the original document with metadata and include the signature.