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===Signatures=== | ===Signatures=== | ||
Signing a message is done using a message | Signing a message is done using a message any your '''private''' key. The result is an extra block of data, which can be shown in combination with the message and the corresponding '''public''' key, to be created with that private key. So this signature is cryptographic proof that can be checked by anyone, that the message was signed by the person with access to the private key. This is what we want a signature to mean. | ||
So summarizing: a private key can be used to '''decrypt''' and '''sign''' messages, a public key can be used to '''encrypt''' a message and '''verify''' a signature. | |||
==How do we use encryption? A step by step guide to set it up== | ==How do we use encryption? A step by step guide to set it up== |