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Also known as RSA (cryptosystem), Rivest–Shamir–Adleman
algorithm for public-key cryptography
AI overview
RSA is a mathematical method used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages by using two linked keys—one public that anyone can see, and one private that only you know. It matters because it's one of the most widely used ways to keep sensitive information like passwords, financial data, and private communications secure on the internet.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cryptosystem
- Subclass of
- public-key cryptography
- Named after
- Leonard Adleman
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- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Stack Exchange tag
- crypto.stackexchange.com/tags/rsa
- different from
- RSA
- inception
- 1977-00-00
- P13411
- Samoa
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