Encrypt & Sign

[Vishal Rao]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:25:59 -0500, David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:
> The reason is that by doing sign & encrypt (that is, sign a document
> and then encrypt the signed document) you protect the identity of the
> signer.  There is no particular reason why one is better than the
> other, but generally people like the identity protection aspect of
> S&E.

Also, is there a legal significance of signing clear data rather than
encrypted data? (Signer clearly knows what he signed) With OpenPGP or
PKI?

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