> On 18 Dec 2016, at 00:17, sivmu <si...@web.de> wrote:
> 
> ... that this means RSA encrzption is reproducable, meaning encrypted
> files of the same plaintext result in the same ciphertext, as this woul
> make the process reproduceable and any malfunction can be easily noticed.

No, because the plaintext is symmetric-encrypted with a random session key on 
the host. The smartcard just asymmetric-encrypts the session key. This two step 
process is used mainly because asymmetric encryption is comparatively slow, but 
it also means that two identical plain texts won't get encrypted to the same 
ciphertext, due to the random session key. 

A

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