On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:22, David McNab wrote: > Given the (public, private) keypair that is used for inserting and > retrieving SVK@ and SSK@ keys: > > Is there any encryption method that can encrypt an arbitrary block of > data, using only an SSK pubkey, such that the data can only be decrypted > with the corresponding privkey? > > If so, what would the algorithm be? > Is there any code lying around from which such encryption could be done?
Sure. That's how public key crypto normaly works. I think Oskar's response to this was: "I have no idea why you would want to do this". So whatever you're thinking of doing, remember that you risk Oskar bringing down fire from heaven if you implement it. Oh, and you should have remembered from your previous time spent around the project that few, if any of the developers are on the -chat list. Also, this list has practically died in the time you've been away. -- Timm Murray GPG Key: E4E143C6 Fingerprint: 591D DD8C 078C 7D45 ECE6 7B04 B62A 02C0 E4E1 43C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s+: a-- C++(++++) UL++>++++ P+++>+++++$ L++>+++++$ !E W--@ N++@ !o !K w--- O@ M !V !PS !PE Y+(++) PGP+++ t@ 5+++ X@ R tv b++(++++) DI++@ D+(++) G e* h* r->r+++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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