Assymmetric Encryption: Why can a message encrypted with the Public Key only be decrypted with the receiver’s appropriate Private Key?
- Not true, the message can also be decrypted with the Public Key
- A so called “one way function with back door” is applyed for the encryption
- The Public Key contains a special function which is used to encrypt the message and which can only be reversed by the appropriate Private Key
- The encrypted message contains the function for decryption which identifies the Private Key
(b).A so called “one way function with back door” is applyed for the encryption
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