[reasonisfaith]

My apologies for not being clear. I meant to say maybe they can be thought of as figurative public and private keys, which I did not explain well.

From the stuff you posted in

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/11208/SMOCK%20A%20Scalable%20Method%20of%20Cryptographic%20Key%20Management%20For%20Mission-Critical%20Networks.pdf?sequence=2

and

http://1000projects.org/a-scalable-method-of-cryptography-key-management-for-mission-critical-wireless-ad-hoc-networks-project-source-code.html

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My apologies for not being clear. I meant to say maybe they can be thought of as figurative public and private keys, which I did not explain well.

From the stuff you posted in

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/11208/SMOCK%20A%20Scalable%20Method%20of%20Cryptographic%20Key%20Management%20For%20Mission-Critical%20Networks.pdf?sequence=2

and

http://1000projects.org/a-scalable-method-of-cryptography-key-management-for-mission-critical-wireless-ad-hoc-networks-project-source-code.html

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Thank you for the clarification! [No apology necessary!]