Which Of The Following Is True About Asymmetric Cryptography?

Which of the following is true for asymmetric cryptography?

• The receiver side has the private key while the public is well aware of the public key.
• The receiver side contains the public key while the public has the private key.
• The receiver side contain both the public and private key.
• Public contain both the private and public keys.

Answer: In asymmetric cryptography, the private key is on the receiver side while the public key is announced in the public so anyone can use it.

Asymmetric cryptography is also referred to as public-key cryptography which contains the pair of the key who are also related to each other, one is referred to as the public key while the other is the private key, that can encrypt and decrypt the data and also keep it safe from the unknown or unauthorized access.

In cryptography, the public key is the one that is accessible to any person which is used to encrypt the message but the message is decrypted by the person who has the private key, which is referred to as the secret key and only one person has an access to it. if you want to send the message in the encrypted form then you have to pull the public key from the directory of the particular person that can encrypt the message first before sending it. The receiver side can decrypt it with the help of the private key.

If the sender tries to encrypt the message through the private key then it is only decrypted with the use of the sender’s public key, by verifying the sender. The cryptography process is automatic and there is no need for the end-user to encrypt the data manually. Different kinds of protocols based on this asymmetric cryptography such as TLS (transport layer protocol), SSL (secure socket layer protocol) can make HTTPS happen. The software also uses cryptography to protect the insecure network by developing a secure connection.