Public-key cryptography, or asymmetric cryptography, is the field of cryptographic systems that use pairs of related keys. Each key pair consists of a...

unauthorized parties. With public key cryptography, only the private key must be kept secret, but with symmetric cryptography, it is important to maintain...

cryptosystem) such as RSAES-OAEP, and public-key key encapsulation. In RSA-based cryptography, a user's private key—which can be used to sign messages, or decrypt...

Symmetric-key algorithms are algorithms for cryptography that use the same cryptographic keys for both the encryption of plaintext and the decryption...

Diffie–Hellman (DH) key exchange is a mathematical method of securely generating a symmetric cryptographic key over a public channel and was one of the...

algorithm. Key servers play an important role in public key cryptography. In public key cryptography an individual is able to generate a key pair, where...

In cryptography, key size or key length refers to the number of bits in a key used by a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher). Key length defines...

behavior. More generally, cryptography is about constructing and analyzing protocols that prevent third parties or the public from reading private messages...

Secure key issuing is a variant of Identity-based cryptography that reduces the level of trust that needs to be placed in a trusted third party by spreading...

In cryptography, a key signature is the result of a third-party applying a cryptographic signature to a representation of a cryptographic key. This is...

Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) are a group of public-key cryptography standards devised and published by RSA Security LLC, starting in the early...

cryptography, and one symposium: Crypto (flagship) Eurocrypt (flagship) Asiacrypt (flagship) Fast Software Encryption (FSE) Public Key Cryptography (PKC)...

This glossary lists types of keys as the term is used in cryptography, as opposed to door locks. Terms that are primarily used by the U.S. National Security...

Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) is an approach to public-key cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC...

In public-key cryptography, a public key fingerprint is a short sequence of bytes used to identify a longer public key. Fingerprints are created by applying...

validate the information being transferred. In cryptography, a PKI is an arrangement that binds public keys with respective identities of entities (like...

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), sometimes referred to as quantum-proof, quantum-safe, or quantum-resistant, is the development of cryptographic algorithms...

Key exchange (also key establishment) is a method in cryptography by which cryptographic keys are exchanged between two parties, allowing use of a cryptographic...

sender known to the recipient. Digital signatures are a type of public-key cryptography, and are commonly used for software distribution, financial transactions...

Corporation. The variable contained a 1024-bit public key; such keys are used in public-key cryptography for encryption (but not decryption). Because of...

Strong cryptography or cryptographically strong are general terms used to designate the cryptographic algorithms that, when used correctly, provide a very...

constructions support important standards of post-quantum cryptography. Unlike more widely used and known public-key schemes such as the RSA, Diffie-Hellman or elliptic-curve...

encryption standard (DES), and the invention of public-key cryptography. The earliest known use of cryptography is found in non-standard hieroglyphs carved...

In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the validity...

example of quantum cryptography is quantum key distribution, which offers an information-theoretically secure solution to the key exchange problem. The...

Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), also known as Resource Certification, is a specialized public key infrastructure (PKI) framework to support...

Transient-key cryptography is a form of public-key cryptography wherein keypairs are generated and assigned to brief intervals of time instead of to individuals...

use symmetric-key cryptography or public-key cryptography. Both avoid memorized secrets, and in the case of public-key cryptography, there are no shared...

Certificateless cryptography is a variant of ID-based cryptography intended to prevent the key escrow problem. Ordinarily, keys are generated by a certificate...

salt and the password (or its version after key stretching) are concatenated and fed to a cryptographic hash function, and the output hash value is then...