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CRYPTOSYSTEME CLES PUBLIQUES [2 records]

Record 1 2019-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Encryption and Decryption
CONT

The RSA public-key cryptosystem is based on the fact that although finding large prime numbers is computationally easy, factoring the product of two such numbers is at present computationally infeasible.

OBS

RSA stands for Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman who developed this system.

Key term(s)
  • RSA crypto system
  • RSA public-key crypto system
  • RSA asymmetric crypto system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
Key term(s)
  • cryptosystème à clef publique RSA
  • cryptosystème à clefs publiques RSA
  • système cryptographique à clef publique RSA

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Criptografía y desciframiento
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Record 2 2015-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • Banking
DEF

A cryptographic method using pairs of cryptographic keys, one of which is secret and one is public.

OBS

If encipherment is done using the public key, decipherment requires application of the corresponding secret key and vice-versa.

OBS

public key system: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Banque
DEF

Méthode de chiffrement utilisant deux clés de chiffrement, dont l'une est secrète et l'autre publique.

OBS

Si le chiffrement est effectué avec la clé publique, le déchiffrement demande l'application de la clé secrète correspondante et vice-versa.

OBS

système à clés publiques : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Key term(s)
  • système à clé publique
  • cryptosystème à clé publique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Criptografía y desciframiento
  • Operaciones bancarias
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