Re: Analogies to explain the basic principles of encryption as used by OpenPGP

Hi Olav, Am 03.07.2014 14:00, schrieb Olav Seyfarth: I'd also rather use the analogy of a "padlock without key" to be distributed by the receipient of a message. That way you're able to explain the prerequisite for asymmetric crypto as we use it in OpenPGP: the receipent must "do something" BEFO

Analogies to explain the basic principles of encryption as used by OpenPGP (was: Re: Analogien um das Prinzip von PGP zu erklären)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi Daniel, I'd also rather use the analogy of a "padlock without key" to be distributed by the receipient of a message. That way you're able to explain the prerequisite for asymmetric crypto as we use it in OpenPGP: the receipent must "do somethi