Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:46:40 +1000 From: "Rob Secombe" <robseco@wizard.teksupport.net.au> To: "FreeBSD-ISP" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: credit card handling. Message-ID: <00f601bfaa61$e4caaa60$03451acb@teksupport.net.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004200910210.51518-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au>
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Correct ! You need to encrypt your message (ie credit card transaction) with the recipient's, in this case, the merchant/vendor's public key. The recipient then uses their private key to decrypt the message. Rob. ----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au> To: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>; FreeBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:13 AM Subject: Re: credit card handling. > Hi, > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Jim Flowers wrote: > > > Just install the pgp port and read the documentation. From what I recall > > you pipe your email output to pgpe and from their to sendmail having sent > > the public key to the recipent machine previously. > > Isn't this round the wrong way? By encrypting with your private key anyone > with access to your public key can decrypt it. Would it no be better to > use the public key of the recipient so that only they can decrypt the > message? > > My understanding of PKI is: > > - use your private key for signing things to prove who you are. Anyone can > use your public key to verify the identity of the sender. > - use the recipient's public key for encryption since only they can > decrypt the message > > Colin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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