Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You missed the point of what Michael said. First, when someone says "xxx > is signed" they mean hash(xxx) is encrypted with private key. It's > basically the definition of a signature. Only if you look closely, do you > see that signing is an application of hashing and encryption.
Signing does not have to be an application of hashing and encryption. Take a look at DSA. Signing and encryption are quite different. The fact that RSA can be used to do both can be confusing. -- Jostein Tveit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
