Security - Encryption
Symmetric Key (AKA: Shared Secret Key, Private Key)
- A single key is used for both encryption and decryption.
- The key is "shared" by the sender and receiver
- Attributes: Faster, Small keys, Known population
Asymmetric Key (AKA: Public Key)
- Two keys are used. The two keys provide inverse functions.
- Public - Exposed to the world in a certificate
- Private - Known only to the owner of the key
- Allows digital signatures
- Attributes: Slower, Large keys, Unknown population
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