What Is a Public Key Cryptosystem?

A

Sender

B

Receiver

Cryptanalyst

(bad guy)

C = EAB(M)

M = DAB(C)

M

M C KB EB

Message Encryption Key Public Key

Plaintext Cyphertext Private Key

Cleartext

KAB

KAB

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