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Submitted by jakub_pl· Mar 5, 2026Security Architecture and Engineering
Question
Which algorithm gets its security from the difficulty of calculating discrete logarithms in a finite field and is used to distribute keys, but cannot be used to encrypt or decrypt messages?
Options
- ADiffie-Hellman
- BDigital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
- CRivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA)
- DKerberos
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#Diffie-Hellman#key exchange#cryptography#discrete logarithm