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cryptosystem

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The associated items of cryptomaterial that are used as a unit and provide a single means of encryption and decryption. See also cipher; code; decrypt; encipher.


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It is described as the "only journal dedicated to publishing papers that identify significant security flaws in published cryptosystems and in schemes using cryptosystems such as cryptographic protocols.
Invented more than 20 years ago, the so-called RSA cryptosystem is widely used to provide privacy for electronic mail, ensure authenticity of digital data, and handle credit-card payments on the Internet.
The OpenPGP standard was originally derived from PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), which is a hybrid cryptosystem that combines features of conventional and public key cryptography.
 
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