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RSA
(redirected from RSA cryptosystem)

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RSA
abbreviation for
1. (Placename) Republic of South Africa
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Royal Scottish Academy
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Royal Scottish Academician
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Royal Society of Arts
5. (Military) (in New Zealand) Returned Services Association
Translations
RSA [ˌɑːrɛsˈeɪ] n abbr (=Republic of South Africa) → RSA f(= République sud-africaine)


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The RSA cryptosystem - introduced by Rivest, Shamir, and Adlement in 1977 - relies for its security on the difficulty of working out the factors dividing large integers.
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.
44, the emerging banking standard for key establishment based on the RSA cryptosystem.
 
 
 
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