[Nottingham] Can't remember the term for a cryptographic technique...

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Wed May 28 09:33:45 BST 2008


Danny King wrote:
[...]
> the term used to describe the
> practice of encrypting a message so that two separate keys provide
> different plaintexts when used on the same cyphertext i.e.:

I would guess that you're thinking of "public key cryptography".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

Nice diagrams there also,

Cheers,
Martin

-- 
----------------
Martin Lomas
martin at ml1.co.uk
----------------



More information about the Nottingham mailing list