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Background: Basic Cryptography Background Bas c Cryptography
Symmetric Key System Symmetric Key System
a shared symmetric key Examples: DES IDEA RC4 AES Examples: DES, IDEA, RC4, AES
Asymmetric Key System
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a pair of private and public keys Examples: RSA, DSA, ElGamal, Rabin, FFS
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