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

A key in cryptography is a piece of information, usually a string of numbers or letters that are stored in a file, which, when processed through a cryptographic...

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

Cryptography, or cryptology (from Ancient Greek: κρυπτός, romanized: kryptós "hidden, secret"; and γράφειν graphein, "to write", or -λογία -logia, "study"...

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...

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...

In computer security, a key server is a computer that receives and then serves existing cryptographic keys to users or other programs. The users' programs...

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...

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

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...

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure communication method that implements a cryptographic protocol involving components of quantum mechanics. It...

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

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

key exchange is a mathematical method of securely generating a symmetric cryptographic key over a public channel and was one of the first public-key protocols...

Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers, began thousands of years ago. Until recent decades, it has been the story of what might be called classical...

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

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

it suitable for use in cryptography. It is also referred to as a cryptographic random number generator (CRNG). Most cryptographic applications require random...

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

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...

other cryptographic protocol. A digital signature scheme typically consists of three algorithms: A key generation algorithm that selects a private key uniformly...

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

shared keys for symmetric-key cryptography, which are then used for bulk encryption–decryption. The idea of an asymmetric public-private key cryptosystem...

In cryptography, a message authentication code (MAC), sometimes known as an authentication tag, is a short piece of information used for authenticating...

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

system; a key setup phase, where a symmetric encryption key is formed by employing public-key cryptography; and an application-level data transport function...

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...

In cryptography, a key-agreement protocol is a protocol whereby two (or more) parties generate a cryptographic key as a function of information provided...

In cryptography, a key derivation function (KDF) is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master...

A cryptographic key is a string of data that is used to lock or unlock cryptographic functions, including authentication, authorization and encryption...