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