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Foil 36 Insecure Link Transmission with Public Key Cryptography

From Basic Principles of Java and Internet Security CPS616 Web Technologies -- Spring 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox
Suppose A has (public key,private key) <eA,dA> and B keys <eB,dB>
A transmits a message mA to B encrypting it with B's public key eB
B decrypts this message and reads it using private key dB
Similarly B sends a message mB to A encrypting with eA which A decrypts with private key dA
Plaintext
Encryption
Public Key
Private Key

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