I lost my public key! :)

[Brian Minton]

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Werner Koch wrote:
 > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:33:44 -0400, David Shaw said:
 >
 >
 >>All OpenPGP secret keys have a copy of the public key inside them,
 >>and in a worst-case scenario, you can create yourself a new public
 >>key
 >>using the secret key.  Some versions of PGP, in fact, do this

Which doesn't address the original question, why is the public key
required for decryption, if the secret key is available, and has all
the necessary info?  (btw, I guess I was mistaken about the public key
not being recoverable from the secret key)

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