ASYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION

[njerigitahi]

Proposed title of the article

DHKE and ElGamal algorithm in asymmetric encryptions*

Introduction paragraph (2-3 paragraphs):

Computer security: involves maintaining integrity, availability, and confidentiality of information system resources. Can be done using encryption. Encryption involves enciphering data in transit and using the private keys by authorized personnel to access it. It may be of two types: Symmetric- use one key Asymmetric- use two keys a good example of a key generation algorithm is DHKE used in algorithms such as *ElGamal.

Key takeaways:

1. Understand asymmetric encryption.
2. Gain basic knowledge on modular exponential
3. Finding modular exponential in python
4. Working of DHKE protocol
5. Application of DHKE in ElGamal

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[WanjaMIKE]

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[hectorkambow]

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How will this article differ from what is published our other blog sites

[njerigitahi]

Am majorly dealing with the understanding of the Diffie Helman Key Generation process while examples for clarity. In addition, I'll also explain how the Elgamal algorithm uses DHKE to generate keys and it's encryption and decryption process. I will briefly explain modula exponential and a code in python to generate it. This is because modula exponential is used in Elgamal during descryption to generate key inverse. This has not been handled in other sites. @WanjaMIKE

[ahmadmardeni1]

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[njerigitahi]

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