Public-Key Encryption Algorithms
Advantage
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The obvious advantage of public-key is that no secrets need to be shared between the
two parties.
Disadvantage
- A disadavantage to using a public-key system over a private-key system is that it
is generally slower.
- Many times a hybrid of both is used, where a public-key protocol is
used to exchange a secret key and from then communication is based on a secrety-key protocol.
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