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Public-key cryptography / asymmetric cryptography, encryption.
Anyone can encrypt using the public key, but only the holder of the private key can decrypt. Security depends on the secrecy of the private key.
Original illustration by David Göthberg, Sweden.
Released by David as public domain.
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I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 21:11, 21 August 2006 | | 525 × 513 (20 KB) | Davidgothberg | (Improved image.) |
| 19:02, 21 August 2006 |  | 544 × 513 (20 KB) | Davidgothberg | (Improved image.) | |
| 07:42, 7 August 2006 |  | 530 × 400 (15 KB) | Davidgothberg | (Public-key cryptography / asymmetric cryptography, encryption. A message that is encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the secret key. The public key can NOT decrypt the message. This means any one can send encrypted messages to the ow) |
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