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  2. RSA problem - Wikipedia

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    In cryptography, the RSA problem summarizes the task of performing an RSA private-key operation given only the public key. The RSA algorithm raises a message to an exponent, modulo a composite number N whose factors are not known. Thus, the task can be neatly described as finding the e th roots of an arbitrary number, modulo N.

  3. Security protocol notation - Wikipedia

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    A key with one subscript, K A, is the public key of the corresponding individual. A private key is represented as the inverse of the public key. The notation specifies only the operation and not its semantics — for instance, private key encryption and signature are represented identically. We can express more complicated protocols in such a ...

  4. Key (cryptography) - Wikipedia

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    However, current key sizes would all be cracked quickly with a powerful quantum computer. [citation needed] “The keys used in public key cryptography have some mathematical structure. For example, public keys used in the RSA system are the product of two prime numbers.

  5. McEliece cryptosystem - Wikipedia

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    The public key is derived from the private key by disguising the selected code as a general linear code. For this, the code's generator matrix is perturbated by two randomly selected invertible matrices and (see below). Variants of this cryptosystem exist, using different types of codes.

  6. Cryptography - Wikipedia

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    But, some algorithms like BitLocker and VeraCrypt are generally not private-public key cryptography. For example, Veracrypt uses a password hash to generate the single private key. However, it can be configured to run in public-private key systems. The C++ opensource encryption library OpenSSL provides free and opensource encryption software ...

  7. Diffie–Hellman key exchange - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] DH is one of the earliest practical examples of public key exchange implemented within the field of cryptography. Published in 1976 by Diffie and Hellman, this is the earliest publicly known work that proposed the idea of a private key and a corresponding public key.

  8. Lamport signature - Wikipedia

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    For example, in a degenerate case, if each private key y i,j element was only 16 bits in length, it is trivial to exhaustively search all 2 16 possible private key combinations in 2 16 operations to find a match with the output, irrespective of the message digest length. Therefore, a balanced system design ensures both lengths are approximately ...

  9. Public-key cryptography - Wikipedia

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    Each key pair consists of a public key and a corresponding private key. [1] [2] Key pairs are generated with cryptographic algorithms based on mathematical problems termed one-way functions. Security of public-key cryptography depends on keeping the private key secret; the public key can be openly distributed without compromising security. [3]