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312-50V13 · Question #43

PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?

The correct answer is C. Public Key. PGP, SSL/TLS, and IKE all fundamentally rely on public key cryptography for secure key exchange, digital signatures, and establishing secure communication channels.

Submitted by layla.eg· Mar 6, 2026Cryptography

Question

PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?

Options

  • ADigest
  • BSecret Key
  • CPublic Key
  • DHash Algorithm

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    9% (2)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    87% (20)

Why each option

PGP, SSL/TLS, and IKE all fundamentally rely on public key cryptography for secure key exchange, digital signatures, and establishing secure communication channels.

ADigest

A digest refers to the output of a hash function, not a type of cryptography itself.

BSecret Key

Secret key (symmetric) cryptography uses the same key for both encryption and decryption, whereas the listed protocols primarily use asymmetric methods for initial key exchange and authentication.

CPublic KeyCorrect

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, now TLS), and IKE (Internet Key Exchange) are all protocols that extensively use public key cryptography. Public key cryptography, also known as asymmetric cryptography, employs a pair of keys-a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption-enabling secure key exchange and digital signatures without prior sharing of a secret.

DHash Algorithm

Hash algorithms produce a fixed-size output (hash or digest) and are used for integrity checks, not for encryption or key exchange in the way PGP, SSL, and IKE primarily function.

Concept tested: Public key cryptography examples

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/seccrypto/public-key-cryptography

Topics

#Public key cryptography#PGP#SSL/TLS#IKE

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