Joe is exchanging encrypted email with another party. Joe encrypts the initial email with a key. When Joe receives a response, he is unable to decrypt the response with the same key he used…

The correct answer is D. Asymmetric encryption is being used. Asymmetric algorithms use two keys to encrypt and decrypt data. These asymmetric keys are referred to as the public key and the private key. The sender uses the public key to encrypt a message, and the receiver uses the private key to decrypt the message; what one key does, the…

Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 4, 2026General security concepts

Question

Joe is exchanging encrypted email with another party. Joe encrypts the initial email with a key. When Joe receives a response, he is unable to decrypt the response with the same key he used initially. Which of the following would explain the situation?

Options

AAn ephemeral key was used for one of the messages
BA stream cipher was used for the initial email; a block cipher was used for the reply
COut-of-band key exchange has taken place
DAsymmetric encryption is being used

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A
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B
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C
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D
68% (15)

Explanation

Asymmetric algorithms use two keys to encrypt and decrypt data. These asymmetric keys are referred to as the public key and the private key. The sender uses the public key to encrypt a message, and the receiver uses the private key to decrypt the message; what one key does, the other one undoes.

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#asymmetric encryption#public key infrastructure#key pairs#PKI

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