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On May 11, 2001, at 11:56:22 PM, Silviu Cojocaru wrote:
> It seems that in order for me to encrypt the messages I send to
> someone, with PGP, I need his/her public key, is this true ?
Correct. Contained within that Public Key are all the User Preferences for
such things as the encryption algorithm to use.
> And in order for that someone to read the encrypted message I
> sent to him/her, that user must have *my* public key right ?
That is correct. Again, there is information contained in your Public Key
that tells the Sender which encryption algorithm you prefer them to use.
Basically, we use Public Keys to encrypt to/with, as well as verify
signatures, and we use our Private Key(s) to actually create signatures,
and to decrypt messages. Our Private Key(s) are stored in an encrypted
state on our Computers, which is why we need to supply our passphrase to
decrypt them so they can be used to decrypt or sign a message.
Nick
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