2007-01-17 11:28:53 · 3 answers · asked by the great asker 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
No, they are mathematically related. In fact, you can compute your public key from your private one. The opposite is also possible in theory - but it is extremely difficult (computationally-wise). So, in a sense, the two keys are two faces of the same thing. You can't change one of them without also changing the other. (If, for some reason, a public key cryptographic system allows more than one public key for the same secret key, then that system is flawed.)
2007-01-17 22:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Vesselin Bontchev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They are generated as a key pair. You can distribute your public key to many people/devices, but your private key should be kept secure. Hope that helps.
2007-01-17 11:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all interior the maths! the better the encryption, the harder that is to crack! To make it common, an 8 bit encryption key can be a sequence of numbers between 0 and 255. Any mix of the numbers between those 2. 16 bit encryption might want to be any mix of numbers between 0 and sixty 5,534. As you will see, the encryption is exponentially harder!
2016-10-15 09:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by hudrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋