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Discuss cryptography as used in computer networking

      

Discuss cryptography as used in computer networking

  

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Anthony
Cryptography is a technique to encrypt the plain-text data which makes it difficult to understand and interpret. There are several cryptographic algorithms available including;
1) Secret Key Encryption - Both sender and receiver have one secret key. This secret key is used to encrypt the data at sender’s end. The data is sent on the public domain to the receiver. Because the receiver knows and has the Secret Key, the encrypted data packets can easily be decrypted.
2) Public Key Encryption - In this encryption system, every user has its own Secret Key and it is not in the shared domain. The secret key is never revealed on public domain. Along with secret key, every user has its own but public key. Public key is always made public and is used by Senders to encrypt the data. When the user receives the encrypted data, he can easily decrypt it by using its own Secret Key.
3) Message Digest - In this method, actual data is not sent; instead a hash value is calculated and sent. The other end user, computes its own hash value and compares with the one just received. If both hash values are matched, then it is accepted; otherwise rejected.
anmwat answered the question on March 26, 2019 at 07:42


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