Hi, Thanks for the reply Phillip. One quick question. Is the randomly-generated key PUBLIC? I know the public RSA key to encrypt the key is public, but is the randomly-generated key PUBLIC? Thanks.
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Phillip Hellewell <ssh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The general approach is to encrypt data using a symmetric cipher (e.g., > AES-256) with a randomly-generated key, and then encrypt that symmetric key > with the RSA (public) key. > > And for the symmetric encryption you'll also have to make a decision about > what mode to use (ECB, CBC, CTR, etc). Whatever you do, don't use ECB :) > > Phillip > > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Chuck Pareto <chuckda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is there an algorithm that I can use, similar to RSA with public/private >> key, that will allow me to encrypt really long strings (like an email/text >> file)? Actually no limit on the size would be ideal. >> > >
