This key is only used internally by the system. It is the public key
from the keypair the packaging process creates.

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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:40 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I noticed that there is no documentation on the usage of a "key" in
> manifest.json file. For example, Gmail chrome extension's
> manifest.json file has this "key":
> {
> .............
>
>   "key":
> "MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDJGkMWn4RXMLn0JY4V3kEFkfdlpJzMcD5pSzM8l86o
> +lF9sBF8du8lFs+m9EqDBOlDWSCG1ivbPjoUSAbV2pI8r/PuPtZSZw90e/8EtHOAmxfga/
> aCAMWth83KIyrcfgfbLNCJnUBmtay/JZZhK5OBqCic8QMY6wTX6MSAzSGOtQIDAQAB",
>
> ................
>
> }
>
> What is the function of the above "key" line?
>
> After I removed the "key", the extension seems to be still working.
> The packaging process will create key pair, but this "key" is
> different from that.
>
> Thank you!
>
> John
>
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