(#6) Tech Tip: Tales from the crypto, part one |
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By Jim Keohane
18 Jan 2002 | SearchSecurity |
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Think of this series of tips as a very simplified explanation of current encryption technologies, with some suggestions for specific situations thrown in.
Problem Number 1: Your host application needs to exchange "private" data with another application somewhere out there on the Internet.
Tip: Consider symmetric or private key cryptography where both sender and receiver share a hopefully secret key.
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