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On May 12, 2001, at 4:25:31 AM, A Curtis Martin wrote:
> AFAIK, you only need the senders public key to verify their signatures.
> However, to decrypt an encrypted message to you, you only need your
> private key to decrypt it. The messages encryption has nothing to do
> with the senders public key.
Correct. If someone encrypts to our Public Key, then we need our Private
Key to decrypt. If someone signs their message with their Private Key,
then we will use their Public Key to verify that signature.
Nick
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