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Public Key Cryptography

Public Key Cryptography is also known as asymmetric cryptography which is based on the mathematic scheme developed by Diffie and Hellman. Asymmetric cryptography uses different (but related) keys for encryption and decryption. It is also called public key cryptography because the encryption key is made public while the decryption key is kept private. The public key cryptography process allows any person to encrypt a message and send it to another person without prior key exchange.

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Public Key Cryptography