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public-key cryptography: Quick Facts

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Also Known As asymmetric encryption • asymmetric cryptosystem • public-key encryption • public-key cryptosystem • two-key cryptography

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Adleman, Leonard M.
Leonard M. Adleman
American computer scientist
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Ronald L. Rivest
American computer scientist
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Adi Shamir
Israeli cryptographer

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