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Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?
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Linux and Cryptography
Question
Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?
Options
- APGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random
- BPGP creates a random asymmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key
- CPGP creates a random symmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key
- DPGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random
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Topics
#PGP#hybrid encryption#public key cryptography#email encryption