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?
Alexander, this part of the information is _public_, and it's useful to know the
size of the key pair you are handling and to be able to verify the signature by
soft.
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