Ticket #49 (new defect)

Opened 2 years ago

Incorrect diagram in asymmetric keys section

Reported by: gvwilson Assigned to: gvwilson
Priority: major Milestone: Someday
Component: lectures Version:
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Description

Can I just point out that I think your Figure 25.1, "Secure Communication with Asymmetric Keys" is incorrect (the text is correct however).

The figure depicts Ron encoding his message with his own private key, and Hermione then retrieves Ron's public key to decrypt his communication, and similarly for the response from Hermione. However, the picture should depict Ron fetching Hermione's public key for the encryption (therefore Hermionie is the only person capable of decrypting his message) and vice versa.

I've not checked the other diagrams, but there may also be a similar confusion in 25.2, "Signing a message" (public key being used for both encryption and decryption of message/signature)