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CPEH-001 · Question #997
Bob wants to ensure that Alice can check whether his message has been tampered with. He creates a checksum of the message and encrypts it using asymmetric cryptography. What key does Bob use to…
The correct answer is C. His own private key. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Bob wants to ensure that Alice can check whether his message has been tampered with. He creates a checksum of the message and encrypts it using asymmetric cryptography. What key does Bob use to encrypt the checksum for accomplishing this goal?
Options
- AAlice's private key
- BAlice's public key
- CHis own private key
- DHis own public key
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C75% (21)
- D14% (4)
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