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Re:Public Key Crypto Explained in 0 words by niklaslogren on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:36PM (#35863676)
The "digital signature" description gives the impression that the signed message is encrypted with the private key and later decrypted with the public key.

Is this how message signing works in reality? I had a different mental model.

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Re:Public Key Crypto Explained in 0 words by goykasi on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:19PM (#35865141)
They are separate operations.

  - encrypt with public, decrypt with private
  - sign with private, verify with public
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