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Sunday, 6 May 2012

What is Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Asymmetric Encryption – A distributed public key is used to encrypt messages that can only be decrypted with a private key held by the publisher of the public key.

3 comments:

  1. This image is very good as it explains the whole idea of public key infrastructure. By carefully viewing it one can easily interpret the meaning. This picture is worth more than hundred words.
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  2. Very well explained, gives the clear picture of PKI.

    Thanks for the share.

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