312-50V9 · Question #398
Which type of cryptography does SSL, IKE and PGP belongs to?
The correct answer is D. Public Key. SSL, IKE, and PGP all rely on public key (asymmetric) cryptography for key exchange, authentication, and encryption operations.
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Which type of cryptography does SSL, IKE and PGP belongs to?
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- ASecret Key
- BHash Algorithm
- CDigest
- DPublic Key
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A6% (3)
- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
- D87% (41)
Why each option
SSL, IKE, and PGP all rely on public key (asymmetric) cryptography for key exchange, authentication, and encryption operations.
Secret key cryptography refers to symmetric encryption (e.g., AES, DES) where both parties share the same key - SSL, IKE, and PGP use symmetric ciphers only after asymmetric key exchange is complete.
Hash algorithms (e.g., SHA-256, MD5) are one-way functions used for integrity verification, not for the encryption and key-exchange mechanisms that define SSL, IKE, and PGP.
A digest is the output of a hash function and is used for integrity checking, not for the asymmetric encryption and key management that SSL, IKE, and PGP perform.
Public key cryptography uses mathematically linked key pairs - a public key and a private key - where data encrypted with one can only be decrypted by the other. SSL/TLS uses RSA or ECDSA certificates for server authentication and asymmetric key exchange; IKE uses Diffie-Hellman asymmetric exchange to establish shared session keys; and PGP uses RSA or DSA for signing and encrypting messages. All three fundamentally depend on asymmetric algorithms.
Concept tested: Public key cryptography in SSL, IKE, and PGP
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-standards-and-guidelines
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