Paul on Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:40:15 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] Keys: SSH, PGP, etc...


> looking for is any help on deciphering all of the acronyms and such that I
> start seeing.  RSA, PKI, DES and such.  I was planning on attending the

http://www.openssh.org/

http://www.whatis.com

http://www.rsasecurity.com


PKI -- Public Key Infrastructure.

DES -- Data Encryption Standard. A weak, eight character, UNIX password
algorithm. I think it's used for other things, too.

RSA -- I don't know what RSA stands for. I know it as another algorithm for
making keys.



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