Encryption · Question 8 of 12

What characterizes asymmetric encryption?

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  • B A public and a private key

Explanation

What is encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the private key. The public key may be distributed freely, the private key stays secret. Well-known methods are RSA and methods based on elliptic curves.

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