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Title: A thought question about encryption Post by: BusyBeaverHP on November 16, 2014, 06:20:08 AM message == private key
If Alice sends an encrypted "message" to Bob, and Mallory intercepts the message without ever having the means to decrypt it, would it be correct to say that the message doesn't exist (to Mallory) until Mallory has the key to decrypt it? In turn, if my private key are encrypted before it gets stored online, would it be correct to approximate that my private keys do not come into existence unless I have the passphrase to it? Title: Re: A thought question about encryption Post by: KriszDev on November 16, 2014, 02:29:57 PM Well if you don't have the private key to decrypt a message then to message is useless for you.
Title: Re: A thought question about encryption Post by: notlist3d on November 21, 2014, 12:47:29 AM For pretty much anything encryption is a good thing. Just be careful with keys don't lose, or make easy for others to take.
Title: Re: A thought question about encryption Post by: KriszDev on November 21, 2014, 10:24:09 PM Encrypt private key with aes.
Title: Re: A thought question about encryption Post by: FUR11 on November 22, 2014, 02:31:16 PM As long as there's no way found to decrypt the encrypted key due to the encryption-method being faulty, or whatnot. What you are describing is effectively the very purpose and underlying idea of encryption. What you don't consider is that possessing the message mathematically limits the potential meanings (information/content) of the message.
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