Assymmetric Encryption: Why can a message encrypted with the Public Key only be decrypted with the receiver’s appropriat

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Assymmetric Encryption: Why can a message encrypted with the Public Key only be decrypted with the receiver’s appropriat

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a) Not true, the message can also be decrypted with the Public Key
b) A so called “one way function with back door” is applied for the encryption
c) The Public Key contains a special function which is used to encrypt the message and which can only be reversed by the appropriate Private Key
d) The encrypted message contains the function for decryption which identifies the Private Key
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