Well, it made sense to me :-) But I understand the confusion. There are so many terms with slightly different meanings: clear key, secure key, protected key, wrapped key, wrapping key, public key, private key, master key, operational key. It's not just the math that's complicated! I guess if it was simple, it would be easy to break.
Many years ago, our local paper had a daily blurb called Gobbleydygook, where they quoted something (usually from a government office) that was especially convoluted. If it was still around I guess I would have a candidate. Greg Boyd IBM Advanced Technical Support Supporting crypto on System z ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
