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What is encryption

When sending important information over the internet, it is important to encrypt the data so that only the intended recipient can read it. If the data is not encrypted, anyone who intercepts the data could read it. Encryption is a process of transforming readable data into an unreadable format. The recipient of the encrypted data can decrypt the data using a key, which is only known to the recipient. This ensures that only the intended recipient can read the data, even if it is intercepted by someone else.

What types of encryption do we use

There are two main types of encryption: symmetric and asymmetric. Symmetric encryption is where the sender and receiver use the same key to encrypt and decrypt the data. Asymmetric encryption is where the sender and receiver use different keys. The sender uses their own private key to encrypt the data, and the receiver uses the sender's public key to decrypt the data.

Let's introduce our readers to one of the most popular ones.

RSA is an asymmetric encryption algorithm that is used to encrypt and decrypt data. It is one of the most popular asymmetric encryption algorithms. RSA is named after its inventors, Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Len Adleman.

RSA works by using a public key and a private key. The public key can be known by anyone and is used to encrypt the data. The private key is only known by the recipient and is used to decrypt the data.

The public key is generated by taking two large prime numbers and multiplying them together. The private key is generated by taking the two prime numbers and doing some mathematical operations on them.

When data is encrypted with the public key, it can only be decrypted with the private key. This is because the private key is the only key that knows the mathematical operations that were done to generate it.

RSA is a very secure encryption algorithm. The only way to break RSA is to factor the two large prime numbers that were used to generate the public key. This is very difficult to do and is the reason why RSA is so secure.