Digital signatures require the:
A. signer to have a public key and the receiver to have a
private key.
B. signer to have a private key and the receiver to have a
public key.
C. signer and receiver to have a public key.
D. signer and receiver to have a private key.
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Answer: B
Digital signatures are intended to verify to a recipient the
integrity of the data and the identity of the sender. The
digital signature standard is a public key algorithm. This
requires the signer to have a private key, and the receiver
to have a public key.
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