1.0IGCSE Computer Sciencehttps://learnlearn.uk/igcsecslearnlearnadminhttps://learnlearn.uk/igcsecs/author/learnlearnadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="so1emhopUC"><a href="https://learnlearn.uk/igcsecs/symmetric-asymmetric-encryption/">Symmetric & Asymmetric Encryption</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://learnlearn.uk/igcsecs/symmetric-asymmetric-encryption/embed/#?secret=so1emhopUC" width="600" height="338" title="“Symmetric & Asymmetric Encryption” — IGCSE Computer Science" data-secret="so1emhopUC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://learnlearn.uk/igcsecs/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Symmetric Encryption When we want to communicate securely between two devices we need a shared secret key that the two computers share. The sender encrypts the data with their copy of the key and then sends the data to the recipient, who uses the key to decrypt the data the send has sent.   Asymmetric… Read More »