why not decrypt with private key ?

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Standard ECIES implemention for NodeJS based on crypto.ECDH with no other dependencies.

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why not decrypt with private key ? #3

Closed fturiot closed 4 years ago

fturiot commented 4 years ago

i do not understand why

normaly publickey for crypt ans private key for decrypt

bin-y commented 4 years ago

Hi, currently, public key is used for crypt and a correct private key is necessary for decryption process (in the step ecdh.computeSecret). The way the project using the private key is in accordance with ECIES.