-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Joseph Oreste Bruni wrote: > By definition of symmetric encryption, you must use the same key to > decrypt that was used to encrypt. I'm not sure what you're really > asking. > > When you say "public key is used to generate symmetric key" you > lost me. Symmetric keys are typically just random numbers pulled > from /dev/random or similar. The public key generates a key that symmetrically encrypts the message, which can be deciphered by its corresponding private key. What stops Bob from using Alice's public key to generate a symmetric key that can decrypt her messages?
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