Chapter 14. Encryption and Hashing Concepts
This chapter covers the following subjects:
Cryptography Concepts: This section covers the basic terminology of cryptography, including encryption, ciphers, and keys. It also discusses private versus public keys, symmetric versus asymmetric encryption, and public key encryption.
Encryption Algorithms: This section delves into the various symmetric algorithms, such as DES and AES, and some of the popular asymmetric algorithms such as RSA and elliptic curve.
Hashing Basics: Here, we investigate the most ...
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