Well, keys are supposed to be two large prime numbers. Without a registry of which numbers have been used, it would be possible for two people to use the same prime number.
On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 9:40 AM Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > On Friday, August 23, 2019, 04:34:14 PM PDT, Charles Mills > <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > >> I believe a public key can be associated with more than one PGP private > key > > > I don't know PGP at all but for basic asymmetrical or public/private key > > encryption, > > the public and private keys are basically one to one with each other. You > > generate > > a pair, both halves at once. Although I guess it is not provable that no > > two public > > keys have the same private key, that situation is hopefully unlikely. > > Do you have any basis to guess it's not provable or that they are not > uniquely paired? They are supposed to be uniquely paired. > > Jon. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
