Hi Luke, > I think we tend to use the terms "private key" and "secret key" > interchangeably when discussing the private half of the private/public
correct, you can say both. But imho the term "private key" is better since the asymmetric (public key / private key) technology is used to exchange a shared secret for the symmetric encryption. It's just that the private key should be kept secret. Best regards, Alex On 21.06.2011, at 00:19, Luke Sheppard wrote: > I'm working on the Spanish localization of the "Localizable.strings" file of > GPG Keychain Access, and I'm encountering something that I'm 99% sure I > understand, but I figure that I should get it 100% sure before I do the > translation. > > When discussing public key cryptography and GPG/PGP in English, I think we > tend to use the terms "private key" and "secret key" interchangeably when > discussing the private half of the private/public keypair. At least that has > always been my understanding. But since both terms are used in the > aforementioned file, I thought I should check with you guys. These three > adjacent strings are from the English version of this file. They are > referring to the same key, right? > > > "Delete secret key only" = "Delete secret key only"; > > DeleteSecretKey_Title = "Delete secret key"; > > DeleteSecretKey_Msg = "Attempting to delete key %@, %@.\n\nYou are about to > delete a key pair (a private key and a public key) from your computer. > Without the private key, you will no longer be able to decrypt messages that > were encrypted with its public conterpart. (Note that if you have copied your > public key to any key servers, it will remain active on the key server(s) > unless you revoke it. Revoking it requires the private key.) Are you sure you > want to delete the key pair?"; > > > Thanks folks. > > -- > Luke Sheppard, CISSP > Systems Programmer IV > Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education > ITS, USC > ls...@usc.edu > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > Please ignore the PGP.sig attachment if you don't know what it is. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gpgtools-users mailing list > gpgtools-users@lists.gpgtools.org > FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html > Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users > Unsubscribe: > http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/a...@gpgtools.org?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 > > This email sent to: a...@gpgtools.org
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