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Re: [Cryptography] Explaining PK to grandma
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Callas)
Tue Nov 26 12:48:04 2013
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From: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:46:32 -0800
To: Kelly John Rose <iam@kjro.se>
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On Nov 26, 2013, at 6:15 AM, Kelly John Rose <iam@kjro.se> wrote:
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> The missing piece here is you can copy such a signature with a good forger. Public key makes it so copying a signature requires something more.
>
> I think signature is a misnomer in this circumstance.
Yes, "signature" is an unfortunate term. "Seal" would have been better.
Jon
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