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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: imunknown2u on November 11, 2011, 03:04 pm
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This is embarassing because I actually use PGP for work yet I've never been able to really get my head around it. I don't know why. But my question is, when sending a message to a seller, before encrypting it with their key, I'm assuming you have to put your public key into the message so that they can encrypt their reply, correct? Then, after encrypting the message, you put the encrypted message as your content when sending the message, yes? Just seems like a pain that sellers would have to keep everyone who buys from them's key unless they just don't hang on to them. Just want to make sure I get this right. I don't want to waste any seller's time with my ignorance because I know they are busy. Thanks peeps.
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Here's another stupid question.
If you encrypt a message using someone's public key, do they need your public key to decrypt it?
Or only if you sign the message is when they'll need your public key, rigth?
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If you encrypt a message using someone's public key, do they need your public key to decrypt it?
No, they need their own private key. (Specifically, the private half of the keypair whose public half you used to encrypt to them.)
Or only if you sign the message is when they'll need your public key, rigth?
They'd need your public key to verify your signature *and* to encrypt messages to you.