- • RSA/DSA are the most common asmmetric ciphers (used in SSH and OpenSSL)
- • Uses a pair of keys for encryption and decryption
- • Encryption is accomplished with a public key
- • Decryption can only be done with a private key
- • Much slower than crypto hashes
- • Still slower than most private (symmetric) key ciphers
- • Tremendously useful for protecting data and
- • Relatively easy to use
