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How "Useless" Math Research Made the Internet Safer

Question 2 • SC-Fundamentals of Computing - Content Recovery - Laws & Security

In RSA encryption, the private key is ______.

Answer
A
known only by the server
B
known only by the user's computer
C
sent to the user's computer upon request
D
sent to the server by the user's computer

Explanation

In RSA, the recipient keeps the private key secret and shares the matching public key. When a user's computer encrypts a message for the server, only the server's private key can decrypt it, so the private key is known only by the server.

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