Hi
> SMTP/TLS does not encrypt individual messages - as it's name implies, it
> works on the *transport* layer. And there, the public key exchange is
> used to agree on a symmetric session key.
PGP works the same way. The data is encrypted using a random symmetric
key, then this symmetric key is
On the Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:33:22AM +0200, Michael Naef blubbered:
> Hi Daniel
>
> On 9/17/06, Daniel Lorch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [..]
> >Are you sure? Isn't that exactly the point of asymmetric cryptography?
> >The way I see it, TLS and SSL work like this (analogous to PGP):
>
> [1.2.3
Hi Daniel
On 9/17/06, Daniel Lorch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..]
Are you sure? Isn't that exactly the point of asymmetric cryptography?
The way I see it, TLS and SSL work like this (analogous to PGP):
[1.2.3.]
Almost. The asymetric encryption is only used to negotiate a symetric
session key
Daniel Lorch wrote:
> > Are you sure? Isn't that exactly the point of asymmetric cryptography?
> > The way I see it, TLS and SSL work like this (analogous to PGP):
You're almost right.
> > 1. The client connects to the server and obtains the server's public
> >key. The public key is a mathe
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