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Which of the following cipher uses two keys to encrypt data?(a) substitution cipher(b) transposition cipher(c) symmetric cipher(d) asymmetric cipherThis question was addressed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.This intriguing question comes from Cryptography topic in portion Cryptography of Data Structures & Algorithms II

Answer» RIGHT CHOICE is (d) asymmetric cipher

Easiest explanation - Asymmetric cipher makes USE of 2 keys for the purpose of encryption. One is known as public KEY whereas other is CALLED private key.


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