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=== Public Key Cryptography
Public key
Public ((("public key cryptography", id="pub-key")))key
cryptography was invented in the 1970s and is a mathematical foundation
for modern computer and information security.
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pairs, each consisting of a private key and a public key. The private
key (k) is a number, usually derived from a number picked at random.
From the private key, we
use elliptic curve multiplication, a one-way cryptographic function, to
generate a public key (K).
generate a public((("public key cryptography", startref="pub-key"))) key (K).
.Why Use Asymmetric Cryptography (Public/Private Keys)?
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