Public Key Cryptography(a.k.a. asymmetric cryptography)

Public Key Cryptography(a.k.a. asymmetric cryptography)

• Relatively new field - 1975 (as far as we know, the NSA is not talking).
• Each entity has 2 keys:
  • private key (a secret)
  • public key (well known).

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