You said that you were sending your private key all over the place. No, you definitely can't crack a private key from the public, other than brute forcing, which doesn't really count.
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, M.W. Chang wrote: > hmm.. can tbe private key be worked out from the public key? I couldn't > quite remember. if yes, I circulate the public key instead. I don't want > to carry the key around. > > Net Llama! wrote: > > I don't think you understand the concept of a private key if you're > > emailing all over creation. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users