Re: Language independant public key

From: Barry Margolin (barry.margolin_at_level3.com)
Date: 06/27/03

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    In article <bce50403.0306250525.2b44255a@posting.google.com>,
    Sean <seancloutier@yahoo.com> wrote:
    >And no, we are not using a symmetric algorithm (like you've listed
    >above), we are using an asymmetric algorithm (sometimes referred to as
    >public-key).

    Public-key algorithms are rarely used for encrypting the data stream.
    They're almost always used just to implement a key exchange mechanism.
    This is used to agree on a key that's used with a symmetric algorithm to
    encrypt the real data. 

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