Re: Secure web sites

[Samuel W. Heywood]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:03:19 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Lawson) 
wrote:

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> I can also send out a message and "sign" it (apply my private key to an
> authentication header but not encrypt it).  Thus, anyone can read the
> message, and can verify it's from me by checking the signature against my
> public key.  Nobody can *modify* my message however, because the
> authentication header also contains a unique value calculated off the
> content of the message which will change if the message is modified.

Digital signature is also another fascinating topic that I understand
nothing about.

Can anyone please refer me to a web-site to learn more about this subject?

Sam Heywood
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