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Encryption & Signing

Encryption (confidentiality)

  • Asymmetric scheme
  • public key encrypts
  • private key decrypts
  • Symmetric scheme
  • secret key encrypts and decrypts

Signing/HMAC (integrity & authenticity)

  • Asymmetric scheme
  • private key signs
  • public key verifies
  • Symmetric scheme
  • secret key signs and verifies

Both

  • Combined scheme