The RSA algorithm is an example of asymmetric cryptography, which is widely used in worldwide for securing sensitive while sending insecure medium like the internet.
RSA was first described in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two types of keys are used, public and private. Private is secrete key used by the owner or receiver. Data can be encrypted using a public or private key, but decryption can be done only with the private key.
RSA was first described in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two types of keys are used, public and private. Private is secrete key used by the owner or receiver. Data can be encrypted using a public or private key, but decryption can be done only with the private key.