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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!tulane!ukma!computer-privacy-request
  2. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:38:34 -0500 (EST)
  3. From: David O Hunt <bluelobster+@cmu.edu>
  4. Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
  5. Subject: RSA Algorithm
  6. Message-ID: <comp-privacy1.118.1@pica.army.mil>
  7. Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
  8. Sender: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil
  9. Approved: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil
  10. X-Submissions-To: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil
  11. X-Administrivia-To: comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil
  12. X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 1, Issue 118, Message 1 of 9
  13. Lines: 9
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  16. Could someone please explain the RSA algorithm to me - the part that REALLY
  17. confuses me is how one key can remain public but not be useable to decrypt.
  18.  
  19. Thanks!
  20.  
  21. David
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