At 09:52 PM 20/07/2000 -0700, Jon Callas <jon(_at_)callas(_dot_)org> wrote:
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I disagree. A signature binds the public key and the data.
Isn't the private key used as well to create the sig?
Signature verification is done with the public key only, and that is the
whole point
of the exercise.
Jon
Agreed.
It should read key pair as the signature is bound to both the private and
public keys.
Anyhow, you decide - I understood it, however someone else *may* get confused.
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