Multiple choice

Using public key cryptography, X adds a digital signature $\sigma$to message M, encrypts <M, $\sigma$>, and sends it to Y, where it is decrypted. Which one of the following sequences of keys is used for the operations?

  1. Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s private key; Decryption: X’s public key followed by Y’s public key

  2. Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s public key; Decryption: X’s public key followed by Y’s private key

  3. Encryption: X’s public key followed by Y’s private key; Decryption: Y’s public key followed by X’s private key

  4. Encryption: X’s private key followed by Y’s public key; Decryption: Y’s private key followed by X’s public key

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