++ 14/11/15 22:47 -0500 - Xu Wang: >> >> A copy of the message will also be encrypted by your own public key and saved >> in the folder you have specified for Sent messages. It is this copy which >> you >> can decrypt with your private key later on, if you wish to read what you sent >> to the recipient. [...] >I see. So it is one email, but there is never actual double encryption >on the same text. It is two single encryptions. I think I am >understanding more.
As I understand it: your message is encrypted to a session key, and that session key is encrypted with your and the recipients' key. That way, the message may have a large number of recipients, but doesn't increase in size as much. -- Rejo Zenger E r...@zenger.nl | P +31(0)639642738 | W https://rejo.zenger.nl T @rejozenger | J r...@zenger.nl OpenPGP 1FBF 7B37 6537 68B1 2532 A4CB 0994 0946 21DB EFD4 XMPP OTR 271A 9186 AFBC 8124 18CF 4BE2 E000 E708 F811 5ACF Signal 0507 A41B F4D6 5DB4 937D E8A1 29B6 AAA6 524F B68B 93D4 4C6E 8BAB 7C9E 17C9 FB28 03
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