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Fundamentos de la ciberseguridad

Lesson 2.3 Cifrado asimétrico

Description

En esta lección, los alumnos explorarán los conceptos de intercambio de claves y encriptación, desvelando los secretos de cómo se protegen los mensajes en Internet.


Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the weaknesses with symmetric key encryption and why modern cryptography involves more complex mathematics
  • Explain the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption
  • Describe the key exchange process using the Diffie-Hellman algorithm (basic understanding).
  • Explain how public-key cryptography is used for encryption and decryption.