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Re: Section 5.2.3 of latest draft: bis14.

2005-07-20 15:23:13

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 02:51:48PM -0700, Jon Callas wrote:
Here's the final edit I have:


Many implementers have taken this advice to heart for any data that is 
symmetrically encrypted and for which the session key is public-key 
encrypted. In this case, the quick check is not needed as the public 
key encryption of the session key should guarantee that it is the right 

Shouldn't this be about decryption with secret key?

session key. In other cases, the implementation should use the quick 
check with care.

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marko