So What’s In An RSA Public and a Private Key?

You have probably viewed a digital certificate, and one which contains the key pair (the public and private keys) and also the distributed version (with just the public key). You should never distribute the one with the private key, as this could allow someone to break encryption tunnels, or pretend to be the entity who has had their private key stolen. The Lenovo hack a few years ago was a good example of…