Public Private Key Encryption Tutorials

Question

Do you know of a tutorial that demonstrates Public Private Key encryption(PPKE) in C++ or C?

I am trying to learn how it works and eventually use Crypto++ to create my own encryptions using public private keys. Maybe theres a Crypto++ PPKE tutorial?

Maybe someone can explain the relationship(if any) between the public and private keys? Could anyone suggest some very simple public and private key values I could use(like 'char*32','char/32') to create my simple PPKE program to understand the concept?

Answer 1

www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/rsa.html

This article is very well written for programmers who want to understand RSA but do not have solid math background. It is the only article that actually makes me understand RSA. It doesn't contain C or C++ code but once you understand how it works, you should be able to write your own. (Even though I agree with others that it is not recommended, it should be still helpful to cleraly understand RSA) Hope it helps!