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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 666e77da..ef422a6e 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ Glossary public key This is one of two keys involved in :term:`public-key cryptography`. It - can be used to encrypt messages for someone posessing the corrosponding - :term:`private key` and to verify signatures created with the - corrosponding :term:`private key`. This can be distributed publicly, - hence the name. + can be used to encrypt messages for someone possessing the + corresponding :term:`private key` and to verify signatures created with + the corresponding :term:`private key`. This can be distributed + publicly, hence the name. private key This is one of two keys involved in :term:`public-key cryptography`. It can be used to decrypt messages which were encrypted with the - corrosponding :term:`public key`, as well as to create signatures, - which can be verified with the corrosponding :term:`public key`. These + corresponding :term:`public key`, as well as to create signatures, + which can be verified with the corresponding :term:`public key`. These **must** be kept secret, if they are exposed, all encrypted messages are compromised, and an attacker will be able to forge signatures. |