Is it possible to have the public component of a key pair being capable only of decryption?
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Sure? If you encrypt with the private key? That's kind of how the whole thing works. Are you asking something else? – schroeder Nov 12 '19 at 10:49
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I thought the public key usually encrypts only and the private key decrypts and encrypts – Caharpuka Nov 12 '19 at 10:52
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Here's the question, though. Is it really protected if you have the key to unlock it as a public key? – schroeder Nov 12 '19 at 10:58
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The question is what is protected, if I just want to prove my identity by showing that I have the ability to encrypt arbitrary messages, shouldn't that be fine? – Caharpuka Nov 12 '19 at 11:42
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You just described the "signing" process. – schroeder Nov 12 '19 at 11:48