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An Overview of Cryptography

An Overview of Cryptography

A brief overview of cryptographic concepts with a number of specific examples of RSA, IPSec, AES, DES, Diffie-Hellman, and other schemes.

Keywords:
DES, Diffie-Hellman, IPsec, PGP, SSL, secret key, public key, hash, RSA, cryptography
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Material Type:
Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:
December 30, 2002
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 4, 2020
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Submitter:
Gary Kessler
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
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English
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Julie Santiago
Julie Santiago (Faculty)
14 years ago
Good explanations of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashes, etc. The author's use of both text and figures aids the student's understanding of a difficult topic.