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Hi everyone,
I have a quick/newb question:
I know that a public key is used to encrypt data and a private key is used to decrypt data but who keeps ...
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Apache SSL Public key/Private question
Hi everyone,
I have a quick/newb question:
I know that a public key is used to encrypt data and a private key is used to decrypt data but who keeps the public/private keys??
Does the Web Server hold both?
Does the Web Server have the public key and does the client have the private key?
Does the Client have both?
When I create a key using the openssl command (e.g. openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 4096) is that the private or public key??
Please help, thanks.
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server use private key
client download public key automatic if client log into https .


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