Encryption Basics

#security #encryption

Different types of Encryption

Symmetric encryption:

- Sender and Receiver share the secret
- DES, 3DES, AES, IDEA, Twofish, Serpent,...

Asymmetric encryption:

- Sender uses public key, Receiver uses private key to decode.
- The private key cannot be calculated from public key.
- RSA, ElGamal - Elliptic Curve variant,..