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Dictionary definition: Rivest Shamir Adelman Key Encryption Algorithm
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- A Dictionary of the Internet
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Rivest Shamir Adelman Key Encryption Algorithm
The major
PUBLIC KEY ENCRYPTION
algorithm currently used on the vast majority of networks. The algorithm is symmetric in that its
PUBLIC KEY
can be used for decrypting messages produced using its
PRIVATE KEY
and vice versa. ...