RIVEST-SHAMIR-ADLEMAN ALGORITHM

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Information on Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm (RSA algorithm)

The Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm is a popular public-key encryption algorithm. The security of the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm is based on the difficulty of factorising large numbers.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm include: 
 
  • Symmetric encryption
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  • Public key authority (PKA)
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  • Public key

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