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Mathematical Foundations of Asymmetric Cryptography
Asymmetric cryptography relies on mathematical problems that are easy to perform in one direction but extremely difficult to reverse without specific information:
- Prime Factorization: RSA relies on the difficulty of factoring the product of two large prime numbers.
- Discrete Logarithms: Algorithms like Diffie-Hellman and DSA depend on the infeasibility of solving discrete logarithms in finite fields.
- Elliptic Curve Mathematics: ECC leverages the difficulty of solving elliptic curve discrete logarithm problems.