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David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Sat May 10 04:58:02 2003


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On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 05:53:03PM -0700, Joseph Bruni wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, why is the signature on your message longer than 
> the message itself?

The size of an RSA signature is proportional to the size of the key.
He has a large RSA key.

http://www.mccune.cc/PGPpage2.htm#Short is more or less accurate on
the subject.

David
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