Re: (newbie) rsa ciphertext and plaintext

From: vedaal (vedaal_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:11:09 -0500

"Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@iahu.ca> wrote in message
news:Y_TNb.179787$AAe1.121478@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...

> > then,
> > can an interceptor determine by examining the ciphertext of the rsa
> > encrypted session key,
> > that the session key used is 'not' random?
>
> The answer is no then. In fact a proper implementation of RSA would allow
> you to encrypt *the same* message over and over and produce seemingly
random
> ciphertexts.

that is what i was 'hoping' to hear ;-)
Thanks!

vedaal

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