PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?

PGP, SSL, and IKE are all examples of which type of cryptography?
A . Digest
B . Secret Key
C . Public Key
D . Hash Algorithm

Answer: C

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oakleaf
oakleaf
3 years ago

This is a bad question. PGP, SSL and IKE are all protocols that use asymmetric encryption (which uses a public/private key pair) to pass a session key (secret key) for symmetric encryption. Arguably, the answer could also be “Secret Key”.