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Public and Private Keys

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Asymmetric encryption, also called public-key cryptography, uses a key pair — the sender encrypts with the receiver's public key; only the receiver's private key decrypts.

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A mailbox anyone can drop into, openable by one keyholder, is the pair in hardware.

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The public key hides nothing; the private key does all the guarding.

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