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AWS Signer open sources Notation plugin for container image signing

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The article discusses AWS open-sourcing their Notation plugin for container image signing, providing customers with transparency and flexibility in how they sign and verify container images using AWS Signer.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • AWS Signer is a managed signing service for container images
  • Notation is an open-source tool for authenticating container images and other OCI artifacts
  • The open-sourced AWS Signer plugin extends Notation with Signer's managed secrets and revocation capabilities
  • Customers can now incorporate the Signer plugin as a library in their native tools for generating and verifying container signatures
  • The plugin provides transparency into how AWS Signer APIs are used for signing and verification
  • The Signer plugin is released under the Apache 2.0 license on GitHub
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