On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 03:28:38PM +0100, Alexander 'Alfe' Fetke wrote:
> > The modulus and exponent are also retrieve from the smart card,
> > and stored in the RSA structure at this time.
>
> does this mean that the secret information (the private key) is retrieved
> from the smart card to carry out the computation in the computer as in
> conventional ways?
no, modulus and exponent are _not_ the secret
but the _public_ RSA information.
-markus
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