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...

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

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, 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

management systems and protocols that use symmetric key cryptography instead of public key cryptography like Kerberos and the 3GPP Mobile Network Authentication...

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

cryptography is a type of public-key cryptography in which a publicly known string representing an individual or organization is used as a public key...

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

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

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

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...

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

In cryptography, the ElGamal encryption system is an asymmetric key encryption algorithm for public-key cryptography which is based on the Diffie–Hellman...

(DSA) which uses elliptic-curve cryptography. As with elliptic-curve cryptography in general, the bit size of the private key believed to be needed for ECDSA...

previous key exchange. In public key cryptography, the key distribution of public keys is done through public key servers. When a person creates a key-pair...

Signatures Based on the Gap-Diffie-Hellman-Group Signature Scheme". Public Key Cryptography — PKC 2003. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: 31–46. doi:10.1007/3-540-36288-6_3...

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

In public-key cryptography, a key signing party is an event at which people present their public keys to others in person, who, if they are confident the...

public-key cryptography. It includes specifications for: Traditional public-key cryptography (IEEE Std 1363-2000 and 1363a-2004) Lattice-based public-key...