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docs: update audit docs with provenance info #7304

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Expand Up @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ Registry signatures can be verified using the following `audit` command:
$ npm audit signatures
```

The `audit signatures` command will also verify the provenance attestations of
downloaded packages. Because provenance attestations are such a new feature,
security features may be added to (or changed in) the attestation format over
time. To ensure that you're always able to verify attestation signatures check
that you're running the latest version of the npm CLI. Please note this often
means updating npm beyond the version that ships with Node.js.

The npm CLI supports registry signatures and signing keys provided by any registry if the following conventions are followed:

1. Signatures are provided in the package's `packument` in each published version within the `dist` object:
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