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Unread 1 Mar 2006, 09:35   #21
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Re: Encryption

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Originally Posted by Radical Edward
digital signiatures work the other way round - the encryption key is kept private and the decryption key is made public. so when you decrypt the message and see that it is what you expect it to be, then you can be sure that the person that encrypted it and sent it to you, is the person holding the private encryption key.
What's the difference between that and digital certificates then?
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