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From: Lefteris Chaniotakis (lchaniot@microlab.ntua.gr)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 23:35:00 CDT

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    No, it's asymmetric, meaning that the encryption key is different from the
    decryption key. In symmetric cryptographic schemes (such as DES) the same
    key is used both in encryption and in decryption.

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    Lefteris Chaniotakis
    Post-Graduate Student
    Microcomputers and Digital Systems Laboratory
    ECE Dept., National Technical University of Athens
    e-mail: lchaniot@microlab.ntua.gr
    WWW: http://www.microlab.ntua.gr/
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    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Kevin Moker" <kevin.moker@snet.net>
    > To: <cisspstudy@securityfocus.com>
    > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:48 AM
    > Subject: RSA Scheme
    >
    >
    > > In the CISSP Examination Textbook it states:
    > >
    > > In cryptography, the RSA scheme has the following pair of
    characteristics:
    > > a. asymmetric cipher system
    > > b. a public key encryption algorithm system
    > >
    > > I thought that RSA uses a symmetric cipher system?
    >