RSA: The Most Used Asymmetric Algorithm
The most common asymmetric cipher currently in use is RSA, which is fully supported by the .NET Security Framework. Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman invented the RSA cipher in 1978 in response to the ideas proposed by Hellman, Diffie, and Merkel. Later in this chapter, we shall see how to use the high-level implementation of RSA provided by the .NET Security Framework. But first, let's look at how RSA works at a conceptual level.
Underpinnings of RSA
Understanding the underpinnings of RSA will help you to develop a deeper appreciation of how it works. In this discussion we focus on the concepts of RSA, and in Appendix B we look at two examples of implementing RSA from scratch. One of these examples ...
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