Forging votes: how to get the public keys?
Forging votes: how to get the public keys?
Posted Nov 20, 2017 17:17 UTC (Mon) by ScottMinster (subscriber, #67541)In reply to: Forging votes: how to get the public keys? by jem
Parent article: ROCA: Return Of the Coppersmith Attack
If I want to encrypt something to send to you, I might not yet have your public key (maybe we haven't met, or I otherwise don't have an copy of your public key). A public database is useful for that scenario.
Posted Nov 20, 2017 20:04 UTC (Mon)
by jem (subscriber, #24231)
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Forging votes: how to get the public keys?
Fair enough, even if this is not the main use for electronic ID cards.