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312-50V10 · Question #528

Which type of cryptography does SSL, IKE and PGP belongs to?

The correct answer is D. Public Key. SSL, IKE, and PGP all belong to public key (asymmetric) cryptography because each relies on mathematically linked key pairs for secure key exchange, authentication, or encryption.

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Question

Which type of cryptography does SSL, IKE and PGP belongs to?

Options

  • ASecret Key
  • BHash Algorithm
  • CDigest
  • DPublic Key

How the community answered

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  • B
    6% (1)
  • C
    6% (1)
  • D
    88% (14)

Why each option

SSL, IKE, and PGP all belong to public key (asymmetric) cryptography because each relies on mathematically linked key pairs for secure key exchange, authentication, or encryption.

ASecret Key

Secret key (symmetric) cryptography uses a single shared key for both encryption and decryption; while SSL and IKE do negotiate symmetric ciphers for bulk data, their defining mechanism for key agreement and authentication is asymmetric public key operations.

BHash Algorithm

Hash algorithms are one-way functions that produce a fixed-length digest from input data and are not classified as a cryptographic system alongside symmetric or asymmetric encryption.

CDigest

Digest refers specifically to the fixed-length output value produced by a hash function, and is not a category of cryptographic system that SSL, IKE, or PGP would be classified under.

DPublic KeyCorrect

Public key cryptography uses a public and private key pair where data encrypted with one key can only be decrypted with the other. SSL/TLS uses RSA or ECDH for asymmetric key exchange and certificate-based server authentication, IKE uses Diffie-Hellman public key exchange to establish shared secrets for IPsec tunnels, and PGP uses RSA or DSA for digitally signing and encrypting messages - making asymmetric public key cryptography the common foundation of all three.

Concept tested: Public key cryptography protocols - SSL, IKE, and PGP

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/public_key_cryptography

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#public key cryptography#SSL#PGP#IKE

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