Re: separation of signed and encrypted messages

["vedaal" <[e-mail]>]

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From: "Michael Young" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: separation of signed and encrypted messages


> I think you may have two different uses of symmetric keys mixed up.
> A symmetric key protects the private part of your public/private keypair;
> it is the one generated from your passphrase (using a hash, such as MD5).
> Another "session key" protects the contents of a message; for messages
> encrypted to a public key, it is random, and involves no hashing or
> passphrase.

yes,
am sorry,
did indeed confuse this and thought it was the 'same' symmetric key as the
session key,

thanks for clearing it up,

vedaal

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