begin  quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as of Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:27:31PM -0700:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 03:57:29PM -0700, SJS wrote:
> > If the server doesn't have the private key, how can it compute the
> > signature in order to hash it?
> 
> I was responding to a model where the private key is on the fob.
> 

Yes, I know.

Fob encrypts hash with private key -- that's your digital signature --
and then you hash *that* to get the short string to send to the server.
That's what you suggested, yes?

How does the server determine if that short string is the correct one
or not?

-- 
The point of digital signatures is that I can't create 'em with the public key.
Stewart Stremler


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