Board:   [fsxNet] Crypto Discussion
Subject: Re: PGP question
From:    alterego(21:2/116)
Date:    Tue Jun 09, 2020 08:05

  Re: Re: PGP question
  By: Adept to alterego on Mon Jun 08 2020 08:22 pm

 Ad> Perhaps I'm still not following, but my understanding of a PGP signature
 Ad> is that I encrypt something (generally a hash) using my private key, and
 Ad> then you decrypt it using the public key and see if it matches that
 Ad> something.

With PGP, you can choose to encrypt something - so that only the receipent can see it, or you can choose to sign something - which proves you are the only person that sent it.

When you "sign" it does not have to be encrypted. IE: I can clear sign a piece of text, that anybody can read, but the signature below it will only be validated with my public key, prooving it came from me.

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