Differences between “BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY” and “BEGIN PRIVATE KEY”

Hi I was writing a program that imports private keys from a .pem file and create a private key object to use it later.. the problem I have faced is that some pem files header begin with —–BEGIN PRIVATE KEY—– while others begin with —–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—– through my search I knew that the … Read more

How does a public key verify a signature?

I am trying to get a better grapple on how public/private keys work. I understand that a sender may add a digital signature to a document using his/her private key to essentially obtain a hash of the document, but what I do not understand is how the public key can be used to verify that … Read more