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In checking the digital signature, the verifier ________.
 
  A) decrypts the digital signature it received with the supplicant's public key to get the message digest
  B) hashes the plaintext message with the same algorithm used by the sender to get the message digest
  C) Both A and B
  D) Neither A nor B

Question 2

Signing a message digest means encrypting it with the sender's public key.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



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matt95

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: FALSE




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Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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