Category Archives: Encryption

Thunderbird email encryption and S / MIME

Posted on 12. September 2016 by robert

The device involves the following steps:

  1. Production of a certificate with the public and private keys in the web browser
  2. Export the certificate to a file
  3. Import the certificate into Thunderbird
  4. Configuration of the certificate in Thunderbird

On the Wiki Thunderbird, , the essential technical explanations mail encryption and signing using S / MIME.

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How does the RSA encryption work?

Posted on 11. April 2011 by robert

The question "How does the RSA encryption work?"Can be understood in two ways:

  1. What calculations are needed for the RSA-en- and decryption?
  2. Why do the corresponding formulas work?

Below I will for the RSA-en- and decryption explain the necessary calculations and then briefly outline, why these formulas work.

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