From 57c4d2ef31a5b753db88cba0aadb6da2e221faa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tammi L. Coles" Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:16:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] improve language of asymmetric key pair section --- book/source/03-cryptography.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/source/03-cryptography.md b/book/source/03-cryptography.md index 843751b..bf4de3d 100644 --- a/book/source/03-cryptography.md +++ b/book/source/03-cryptography.md @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Unlike symmetric cryptography, participants are not required to pre-arrange a sh (asymmetric_key_pair)= ### Asymmetric cryptographic key pairs -In many places, we'll deal with asymmetric cryptographic key pairs: +Throughout this document, we will frequently reference asymmetric cryptographic key pairs: ```{figure} diag/cryptographic_keypair.png --- @@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ In many places, we'll deal with asymmetric cryptographic key pairs: An asymmetric cryptographic key pair ``` -An asymmetric cryptographic key pair consists of a public and a private part. In this document, we'll show the public part of a key pair in green, and the private part in red. +Each key pair comprises two components: the public key and the private key. For ease of identification, we will depict the public key in green and the private key in red throughout this document. -Note that in many contexts, only the public part is present (more on that later): +It's important to note that in many scenarios, only the public key is exposed or used (we will expand on these situations in subsequent sections): ```{figure} diag/keypair_pub.png --- --- -Only the public part of an asymmetric key pair +The public component of an asymmetric key pair ``` ### Public-key cryptography in OpenPGP