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Public-key cryptography / asymmetric cryptography, encryption.


Original illustration by David Göthberg, Sweden.

Released by David as public domain.

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current21:11, 21 August 2006525×513 (20 KB)Davidgothberg (Improved image.)
19:02, 21 August 2006544×513 (20 KB)Davidgothberg (Improved image.)
07:42, 7 August 2006530×400 (15 KB)Davidgothberg (Public-key cryptography / asymmetric cryptography, encryption. A message that is encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the secret key. The public key can NOT decrypt the message. This means any one can send encrypted messages to the ow)
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