I am new to this field but as I understand it the public key does no form of decryption only encryption the Private key does all the decrypting
At 05:28 AM 2/15/2002, Shripal wrote: >|Huh. No. You have private keys and public keys. Public keys are distributed >|and can be used to encrypt data that only the private key can decrypt. >|Private keys can be used to sign data (actually it encrypts a hash value of >|the data such as MD5 or SHA1) and this signature can be verified >|(decrypted) >|by the public key. This is essentially true of all "public key" >|cryptography. > >If the private key is hashed while signing it by MD5 or SHA1 (both of which >are irreversible) then how does the public key decrypt it?? Thanks, Raoul ________ Military action is important to the nation -- it is the ground of death and life, the path of survival and destruction, so it is imperative to examine it. --- Sun Tzu " The Art of War"
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