What do we mean by public-key cryptography?

      

What do we mean by public-key cryptography?

  

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Lydia
•?Public-key cryptography is also known as asymmetric-key cryptography.
•?Encryption and decryption is carried out using two different keys. The two keys in such a key pair are referred to as the public key and the private key. (As we will see, this solves one of the most vexing problems associated with symmetric-key cryptography — the problem of key distribution).
•?With public key cryptography, all parties interested in secure communications can publish their public keys

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