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| author | Vincent Bray <noodl@apache.org> | 2007-12-06 08:14:02 +0100 |
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| committer | Vincent Bray <noodl@apache.org> | 2007-12-06 08:14:02 +0100 |
| commit | c43b92fc19e9a907079c9f13cab8bc9a35e4bab9 (patch) | |
| tree | 57d4a333d2f54a8bbecd3f34e5bb300c45078099 /docs/manual/ssl/ssl_intro.html.en | |
| parent | Various language fixes. (diff) | |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/ssl/ssl_intro.html.en b/docs/manual/ssl/ssl_intro.html.en index fd3cb8f5a5..ccb3ed0cc1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/ssl/ssl_intro.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/ssl/ssl_intro.html.en @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ integrity, and authentication.</p> <p>Anyone can encrypt a message using the public key, but only the owner of the private key will be able to read it. In this way, Alice can send private messages to the owner of a key-pair (the bank), by - encrypting it using their public key. Only the bank will be able to - decrypt it.</p> + encrypting them using their public key. Only the bank will be able to + decrypt them.</p> <h3><a name="messagedigests" id="messagedigests">Message Digests</a></h3> @@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ message is really from her, so an intruder cannot request a transaction involving her account. A <em>digital signature</em>, created by Alice and included with the message, serves this purpose.</p> -<p>Digital signatures are created by encrypting a digest of the message, -and other information (such as a sequence number) with the sender's -private key. Though anyone can <em>decrypt</em> the signature using the public -key, only the sender knows the private key. This means that only they can -have signed it. Including the digest in the signature means the signature is -only good for that message; it also ensures the integrity of the message since -no one can change the digest and still sign it.</p> +<p>Digital signatures are created by encrypting a digest of the message, and +other information (such as a sequence number) with the sender's private key. +Though anyone can <em>decrypt</em> the signature using the public key, only the +sender knows the private key. This means that only the sender can have signed +the message. Including the digest in the signature means the signature is only +good for that message; it also ensures the integrity of the message since no one +can change the digest and still sign it.</p> <p>To guard against interception and reuse of the signature by an intruder at a later date, the signature contains a unique sequence number. This protects the bank from a fraudulent claim from Alice that she did not send the message @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ dUHzICxBVC1lnHyYGjDuAMhe396lYAn8bCld1/L4NMGBCQ== itself of the identity of the private key owner of a key-pair. For instance, if Alice requests a personal certificate, the Certificate Authority must first make sure that Alice really is the - person the certificate claims she is.</p> + person the certificate request claims she is.</p> <h4><a name="certificatechains" id="certificatechains">Certificate Chains</a></h4> |