public key
Shared cryptographic credential
A public key is a cryptographic code that can be shared openly, used to encrypt messages or verify digital signatures.
It works in tandem with a private key: data encrypted with a public key can only be decrypted by the corresponding private key, and vice versa.
This asymmetric system underlies secure internet transactions, encrypted email, and cryptocurrency wallets.
You'll need my public key to send me an encrypted message.
Not identical on both sides
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- Diffie-HellmanPublic-key agreement method
- encryptionConverting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
digital signature · algorithm · prime numbers · factorization · modulus · exponent · cryptosystem · signing
Digital certificate management infrastructure
- CAWestern state abbreviation
- certificateFormal written attestation
- SSLWeb encryption protocol
- TLSNetwork encryption protocol
Proving something accurate
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- identityWho someone is
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
signature verification · trust · SSH · credential · token
Small case for currency
- addressSpeak to formally
- BitcoinPeer-to-peer electronic cash
- EthereumProgrammable blockchain network
- cryptocurrencyEncrypted decentralized money
cold storage · ledger · hash
asymmetric
Not identical on both sides
- RSAPublic-key encryption algorithm
- Diffie-HellmanPublic-key agreement method
- encryptionConverting data into code
decryption · digital signature · algorithm · prime numbers · factorization · modulus · exponent · cryptosystem · signing
PKI
Digital certificate management infrastructure
- CAWestern state abbreviation
- certificateFormal written attestation
- SSLWeb encryption protocol
verification
Proving something accurate
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
- identityWho someone is
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
authorization · signature verification · trust · SSH · credential · token
wallet
Small case for currency
cryptocurrency · cold storage · ledger · hash
- codes and cipherscipher, code, decode, decrypt, encrypt
- authenticationpassword, login, logout, fingerprint, ID
- cryptoBitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency, tokens
- Data Securitydata protection, data security, password, passwords, data leak
- digital assetscryptocurrency, websites, Bitcoin, apps, mobile app
- Digital SecuritySSL certificate, digital signature, HTTPS, PKI, password
key, public, publication, publishing, published, publicize, publisher, publicly, publicized