Digital signature generation
Digital certificates are often confused
with digital signatures.
Like a message digest, a digital signature is a 'summary' of the
original message, but also provides an assurance that the original creator of
the signature has the private key matching the public key used to
generate the signature.
But who holds the public and private keys?
What if the public key had been replaced with another?
CITS3002 Computer Networks, Lecture 12, Cryptography's role in networking, p19, 22nd May 2024.
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