[47668] in Cypherpunks
Re: (none)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy M. Silvernail)
Mon Jan 22 08:21:12 1996
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From: roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 06:12:35 CST
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In list.cypherpunks, someone wrote:
> Note that RSA normally is used as probabilistic encryption: encrypt the
> same plaintext twice, and you'll likely get two different ciphertexts.
I think you're confusing PGP's use of random session keys and random
padding with actual RSA encryption. Using RSA alone on a given
plaintext will always give you the same ciphertext.
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Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@cybrspc.mn.org
PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6
Key available from pubkey@cybrspc.mn.org
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