> > Digital signatures are based upon public-key cryptography. You cannot > recover a private key given a public key -- that's the whole point of > public-key crypto. Such algorithms are based on one-way functions: > things that are easy to do but hard to reverse. >
This is enough. I know what public key encryption is and how it works, I just didn't know that it was used in this case. This clarifies my question. Thanks -- Raghav Sood Please do not email private questions to me as I do not have time to answer them. Instead, post them to public forums where others and I can answer and benefit from them. http://www.appaholics.in/ - Founder http://www.apress.com/9781430239451 - Author +91 81 303 77248 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
