Where RSA is used?

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Someone please state two or three applications of RSA algorithm. I heard that RSA is used for SSL. Is that true?

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '13 at 14:40

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Yes, that is true. RSA is an encryption algorithm.

Example uses:

answered Mar 12 '13 at 14:40

Brandon

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 14:39

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RSA is used in cryptography in Key-based authentication.SSH uses this method of key generation as it is considered very secure.

answered Mar 12 '13 at 14:39

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