Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!nbires!vianet!devine From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: encryption with public keys Message-ID: <93@vianet.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 22:33:10 EST Article-I.D.: vianet.93 Posted: Fri Dec 12 22:33:10 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 21:35:40 EST References: <3072@ihuxf.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: ViaNetix Boulder, CO Lines: 12 In article <3072@ihuxf.UUCP>, johnp@ihuxf.UUCP (John Schleicher) writes: > Does anyone have knowledge of programs available in the UNIX environment > that allow encryption with a secret password yet decryption with public > keys? Of what practical use would such a program be? It seems similar to a door that you can close but any burglar can open. Is this for authentication? confusedly yours, Bob Devine