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mRSA Encryption.

The encryption process is identical to that in standard RSA. (In other words, ciphertext is computed as $c=m^{e_i} \;(\bmod
n_i)$ where m is an appropriately padded plaintext, e.g., using OAEP.) Decryption, on the other hand, is very similar to signature generation above.



Gene Tsudik
2001-05-10