Encryption

Question 1

what is encryption?

Answer 1

The process of encoding a message so it can be read only by the sender and the intended recepient.

Question 2

What is symmetric encryption?

Answer 2

a single key is used to both encrypt and decrypt a message.

Question 3

What is asymmetric encryption?

Answer 3

The keys are named public and private keys.

The public key is used to encrypt the message and the recepient uses their private key to decrypt.

The process—-

Two people start by exchanging public keys. Then they use their private key and the other person’s public key to encrypt the message.

The recepient uses their private key and our public key to decrypt that message.