That's why I was wondering if anyone could be so kind to send me an encrypted email (7C174863), and I could give a short answer, just to put this at rest. Then I'd know for sure that my set-up is correct. IF anyone have the time.
SRW fr. den 05. 02. 2016 klokka 12.45 (+0000) skreiv Patrick O'Callaghan: > On Fri, 2016-02-05 at 13:15 +0100, Stig Roar Wangberg wrote: > > Ah, I think I'm beginning to understand. So this is another form of > > encryption, still using the receiver's public key, and s/he still has > > to use his or her private key to decrypt the message? > > It's not *another* form of encryption. It's how PGP encryption works. > The receiver's public key is used to encrypt a random symmetric session > key which in turn is used to encrypt the message body. The receiver > uses his/her private key to decrypt the symmetric session key and > thence the message. Consult any of the docs on PGP for more detail, or > read Zimmerman's book. > > Public key systems nearly always work this way because it would be too > expensive to use the asymmetric algorithms on the message body itself. > > As for *signing* the message, that uses your private key to encrypt a > hash of the message. It can then be checked by anyone with access to > your public key. > > poc > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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