Perversity of Section 13

[Jaap-Henk Hoepman]

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:39:09 +0100 David Swarbrick <david@swarb.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Which is another way of saying that the distinction between the two is
> unsafe. How can software be written which safely falls into one camp but
> not the other?
> 
> A digital signature involves the encryption of something, some secret.
> Is it not then encryption vis a vis that element?

Yes, but it is an `encryption' which can be `decrypted' by everybody; moreover, 
the thing signed is not secret (or else the signature could not be verified).

Jaap-Henk

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