The "one shot" symmetric key is purely random. No it's not a function of anyone's private or public key.
Once generated, it is encrypted using the public key of the recipient and included with the message. If multiple recipients, the same key is used to encrypt the data, and for each recipient it is encrypted under that recipients public key and included as part of the message. The private key used to decrypt is the one that matches the public key that was used to encrypt the symmetric key. (i.e. HIS private key). Dave ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
