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Isn't that what you would expect in a private key encryption system? (in contrast to a public key encryption system like most of us are used to using)
by cout 4y ago
Isn't that what you would expect in a private key encryption system? (in contrast to a public key encryption system like most of us are used to using)
- px43 4y agoFrom the article: > His software converted a one-way “hash function” (one that takes an input string of arbitrary length and compresses it into a finite, usually shorter, string; the function has many uses in cryptography) into a private-key encryption system (one that can be decoded only by whoever holds the private “key,” or pass code). The functionality of the software depended on two people’s having exchanged their private keys. I get what you're saying, that would typically mean encrypt with private key, and decryption with public key, like how signature algorithms work, but still, there is no cryptosystem that makes it okay to start exchanging your private keys with random parties you're communicating with, by the very definition of "private key".
- woobilicious 4y agoThe use of "private-key encryption system" here is referring to symmetrical ciphers, It's an odd use of "private-key" that's for sure.
- yencabulator 4y agoIn private-key encryption, the parties share a private key. In public-key encryption, they share public keys.