Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In symmetric key encryption the same key is used for both encryption and decryption. In contrast, in asymmetric key encryption a public key (known to everyone) is used for encryption and a private key (known only to the recipient) is used for decryption. Many asymmetric key encryption approaches are based on factoring as a trapdoor function, with the public key being the multiple of the two secret primes and the private key being the two secret primes. Asymmetric key encryption allows one party to encrypt a message to a second party they have never communicated with previously.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
In symmetric key encryption the same key is used for both encryption and decryption. In contrast, in asymmetric key encryption a public key (known to everyone) is used for encryption and a private key (known only to the recipient) is used for decryption. Many asymmetric key encryption approaches are based on factoring as a trapdoor function, with the public key being the multiple of the two secret primes and the private key being the two secret primes. Asymmetric key encryption allows one party to encrypt a message to a second party they have never communicated with previously.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
