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by mschempp 659 days ago
RSA allows encrypting with the private key, see https://github.com/beac0n/ruroco/blob/ce766751b51c8ff6246a2b...

and decrypt with the public key, see https://github.com/beac0n/ruroco/blob/ce766751b51c8ff6246a2b...

using RSA, one can easily derive the public key from its private key (see https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/172274/can-i-ge...), that's why the private key is kept safely on the client

Also for SSH the public key is also stored on the server, while the private key is kept safely on the client, see https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/public-key-authentication#ke...

SSH can also be used with RSA: https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/keygen#creating-an-ssh-key-p...