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Essay Archive - A Look at Public Key Encryption
A Look at Public Key Encryption
Encryption is the process of disguising information by transforming
plain text into gibberish, or ciphertext, which cannot be understood by an
unauthorized person. Decryption is the process of transforming ciphertext
back into plaintext that can be read by anyone. Example of encryption can
be found in history, for example in the era of the Cold War, the Solviet
Union and the United States would send electronic messages to one military
point to another, encrypted. If the enemy intercepted the message, they
would have to crack this message to get the information. Typically when
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