Why in the RSA cipher the public key has one part, while the private key has two parts?
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
by Silvio Pereira
The RSA cipher, which is widely used in public-key cryptography, utilizes a pair of keys: a public key and a private key. These keys are used in modular algebra computations to encrypt and decrypt messages. The public key consists of one part, while the private key consists of two parts. To understand the role of
- Published in Cybersecurity, EITC/IS/CCF Classical Cryptography Fundamentals, Introduction to public-key cryptography, The RSA cryptosystem and efficient exponentiation
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Cybersecurity, Decryption, Encryption, Modular Algebra, Private Key, Public Key, RSA Cipher