June 2020
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
11h 39m
English
Content preview from 40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know
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Understanding the Types of Cryptographic Techniques
Different types of cryptographic techniques use different types of algorithms and are used under different sets of circumstances.
Broadly, cryptographic techniques can be divided into the following three types:
Hashing
Symmetric
Asymmetric
Let's look at them one by one.