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by: Poskin December 25, 2012 8:01 AM PST

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What is a Public and Private Key (cryptography)

by Poskin - 12/25/12 8:01 AM

Hello everyone.

I'm not sure if I'm on the right place on the forums but I have these two questions...

1) What is a private Key?
2) What is a public key?

Can you answer me in very simple to understand language and in a short sentence.

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Re: keys

by Kees_B Moderator - 12/25/12 8:06 AM

In Reply to: What is a Public and Private Key (cryptography) by Poskin

Sorry, below are four short sentences. That's three more than you asked for.

A private key is one half of a key pair. A public key is the other half of a key pair.
If you make a key pair, you keep the private key secret and for yourself. And you publish the public key.

Kees


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Thank you for responding to my question.

by Poskin - 12/25/12 11:11 AM

In Reply to: Re: keys by Kees_B Moderator

Would this also be the correct definition...

A public key is a key used to encrypt messages
A private key is used to decrypt messages

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(NT) Yes.

by Kees_B Moderator - 12/25/12 12:00 PM

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What is WebDAV related to?

by Poskin - 1/12/13 7:37 PM

In Reply to: (NT) Yes. by Kees_B Moderator

Hey, thank you for answering me. I really appriciate your help! Can you help me once again please?

What is WebDAV related to?

Thank you very much

Poskin


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