If the message is encrypted symmetrically...

Andrew Berg bahamut at digital-signal.net
Wed Jun 20 18:26:09 CEST 2007


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Why can't I use the same (symmetric) key I used to encrypt (public key
is used to generate symmetric key that the corresponding private key
can calculate) to decrypt?

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Windows NT 5.1.2600.2180 | Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 | Enigmail 0.95.1 | GPG
1.4.7
Key ID: 0x60A78FCB - available on major keyservers and upon request
Fingerprint: 4A84 CAE2 A0D3 2AEB 71F6 07FD F88E 0340 60A7 8FCB
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