#Registration Problems?
18-Feb-95 14:00:13
Sb: #185845-#Registration Problems?
Fm: Michael Shea 76665,3360
To: Jim Butterfield 73624,14
> Well, X has published a public key (sometimes called a "fingerprint")
I don't think this is quite the correct terminology. A public key, in ascii
form, looks like
—–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—– Version: 2.6.2
mQCNAy8GFvAAAAEEAKJk5teKAWl45fKiy/KfAgZCfZ4FTi7S58LLZjzt05OcjFrm
F2cuya0qzl1NOF06kZW0d3Yj/ZO9hPpqyomVvzDMZxXCezIh2T1f6s8iZ55nJEzx
aflsfUDr8LOzpTHl8murzBfmAvFKHl2+rfNsYarZGhq0p+akKtdQ+YB8kXppAAUR
tDdNaWNoYWVsIEUuIFNoZWEgPJswIHabMCB2mzAgdjc2NjY1LDMzNjBAY29tcHVz ZXJ2ZS5jb20+
=z429 —–END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—–
While a fingerprint looks like.
Key fingerprint = 8A 68 FC 8C 14 50 73 B4 D3 D6 80 08 97 BC 8C EC
While I believe a public will generate a unique fingerprint, I don't believe a
fingerprint can be used to derive the public key.
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