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Differentiate between symmetric key cryptography & public key cryptography.
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Subject: Mobile Computing
Difficulty: Medium
Marks: 4 Marks
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written 4.8 years ago by | • modified 4.8 years ago |
Subject: Mobile Computing
Difficulty: Medium
Marks: 4 Marks
written 4.8 years ago by | • modified 4.8 years ago |
Sr No. | Symmetric key cryptography | Public key cryptography. |
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1 | Also called as private key | Also called as asymmetric key |
2 | Only one key is used:Private key | Two keys are used: Public and private |
3 | The key is kept secret | Public key is freely available to all, while private key is a secret key |
4 | Same key is used for encryption and decryption. | One key is used for encryption while other is decryption. |
5 | Faster than public key cryptography | Slower than symmetric key cryptography |
6 | It is used for encrypting small or large messages. | It is used for encrypting small messages. |