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davidbgk authored and sybrenstuvel committed Aug 31, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ and a public key.
The private key is called *private* for a reason. Never share this
key with anyone.

The public key is used for encypting a message such that it can only
The public key is used for encrypting a message such that it can only
be read by the owner of the private key. As such it's also referred to
as the *encryption key*. Decrypting a message can only be done using
the private key, hence it's also called the *decryption key*.

The private key is used for signing a message. With this signature and
the public key, the receiver can verifying that a message was signed
the public key, the receiver can verify that a message was signed
by the owner of the private key, and that the message was not modified
after signing.

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