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What is RSA?

RSA is a public-key cryptosystem that is widely used for secure data transmission. It is one of the oldest and most widely used public-key cryptosystems. In RSA, the public key is used to encrypt messages, while the private key is used to decrypt them. The security of RSA relies on the practical difficulty of factoring the product of two large prime numbers, the 'factoring problem'. RSA is used in various applications, including digital signatures, key exchange, and encryption of emails and other data.

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What other technologies are related to RSA?

RSA Competitor Technologies

ECDSA

ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) is an alternative digital signature algorithm that, like RSA, can be used for authentication and non-repudiation. It offers similar functionality with potentially better performance and security characteristics for certain key sizes.

mentioned alongside RSA in 56% (173) of relevant job posts

ECDH

ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman) is an alternative key exchange protocol that, like RSA key exchange, enables two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel. It provides a different approach to achieving the same goal.

mentioned alongside RSA in 71% (55) of relevant job posts

ECC

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) is a broader category of public-key cryptography that includes ECDSA and ECDH. It is a competitor to RSA, offering alternatives for encryption and digital signatures with different performance and security characteristics.

mentioned alongside RSA in 4% (666) of relevant job posts

RSA Complementary Technologies

AES

AES is a symmetric encryption algorithm often used in conjunction with RSA for secure data transmission; RSA can encrypt the AES key, while AES encrypts the bulk data.

mentioned alongside RSA in 30% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

SHA

SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) is a family of cryptographic hash functions often used in digital signatures with RSA to ensure data integrity.

mentioned alongside RSA in 51% (506) of relevant job posts

HMAC

HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) can be used with RSA signatures to provide data integrity and authentication.

mentioned alongside RSA in 22% (128) of relevant job posts