Encryption Flashcards
1
Q
What does encryption do?
A
Encryption takes plain text and scrambles it to make it unreadable using algorithms and cyphers
2
Q
How do you decrypt the code?
A
To decrypt the code you need to decipher it with the encryption code
3
Q
What is a public key?
A
Public keys are used to encrypt the plain text to turn it to the cipher text
4
Q
What is a private key?
A
The private key is used to decrypt the cipher back to normal text so you can read it
