Re: separation of signed and encrypted messages

Matthew Byng-Maddick <openpgp@lists.colondot.net> Tue, 16 October 2001 18:56 UTC

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From: Matthew Byng-Maddick <openpgp@lists.colondot.net>
To: vedaal <vedaal@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: separation of signed and encrypted messages
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 01:08:23PM -0400, vedaal wrote:
> for an rsa key,
> if one has the session key, ciphertext and plaintext,
> and, at some point, 
> *if*
> md5 is 'fully' broken,
> would it not be possible to retrieve the secret key and passphrase?

Erm. No.

Think about the encryption process in the first place.

MBM

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