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For every file that is in a repository, a .asc file is available in MVNrepository. What are these files used for?
For example, Google's guava (http://central.maven.org/maven2/com/google/guava/guava/19.0/) has mainly three jar files and one pom file, with an asc file attached to each of them.
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asc files is for encryption and securecommunication. In this case, the file will contain text consisting of ASCII characters (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). These . asc files are used to communicate securely via email or other text-based media.
ASC files were created by Adobe System and are also known as ASCII files. These files can be opened practically by any text editor and executed with the proper scripting engine. A good example of this is the VB script when clicked will automatically open and perform what it is commanded to do.
Armored ASCII (whose filename suffix is . asc) is the most portable data format gpg uses, in contrast to gpg's default binary format (which uses the filename suffix . gpg). Unlike this binary format, Armored ASCII can be copied and pasted, into e-mail for example.
From the File menu in Excel, select Open. Select the folder where you have saved the ASCII file, then click Open. In the Files of type drop-down list, select All Files.
Editor's Note: This answer has been copied from a comment.
Those are PGP signature files that can be used to authenticate the validity of a particular artifact.
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answered Nov 10 '22 10:11
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