On , Apr 15, 2000 at 04:20:50PM +0530, Raju Mathur wrote:
<Raju>
That's because it's too expensive to encrypt large text using
assymetric keys. Effectively, it doesn't matter whether the cleartext
itself or a hash of the same is encrypted using the asymmetric
technology as long as you have sufficient trust in both (symmetric and
asymmetric) methodologies used.<\Raju>
>>>>On the contrary Public -key Encryption is pretty useless, for encrypting
large amounts of data
for a different reason--- It is extremely vulnerable to known plain text
attacks. That it is slow can
be made up to an extent by using fast hardware.
Public Key encryption is a new form of Key-management rather than encrypting
technique and
is best suited for a myrid of protocols like SSH,SET etc...
Check ---Witfield Diffie - "The First ten years of Public -Key Cryptography"
, proceedings of IEEE
v 76 no5 , Pg-560-577
Kaushik> Several public keys are provided in your keyring, you'll
Kaushik> see Phil Zimmerman's[the author's] and several others
Kaushik> keys. You could start by sending them a message with your
Kaushik> public key as an attachment.
Uh, don't do that! Send your key to one of the global keyservers
instead from where anyone will be able to access it. Alternatively,
put it up as part of your .plan file if you have a finger'able account
on a public server. Or publish it in the Times of India if you're
feeling rich ;-)
The method you're suggesting is correct for everyone else but,
You expect P.Z to check the Times of India or finger your server? Ho Ho
....Hee Hee
Regards,
Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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