From d751965f43a010a54dba3bda0716e46de2c2e1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 09:20:33 +0200 Subject: Add note that the PK explanation is a simplification Closes #15 --- sq-guide.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sq-guide.md b/sq-guide.md index d8862c5..05d8abe 100644 --- a/sq-guide.md +++ b/sq-guide.md @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if you encrypt something using the public part, the result can only be decrypted with the private part. And also vice versa: if you encrypt something using the private part, only the public part can decrypt this. Since anyone can decrypt, this operation is called a _digital -signature_. +signature_. (This is a very rough simplification.) This allows some very interesting things: -- cgit v1.2.1