Electronic Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-31, 2004

Paper C052

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-43792-6, Copyright (C) 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.


RSA Cryptosystem and Its Applications

Weihu Hong


Department of Mathematics
Clayton College and State University
5900 North Lee Street
Morrow, GA 30260
Phone: (770) 961-3620
Fax: (770) 960-5135

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ABSTRACT

RSA cryptosystem is one of the most well-known public key cryptosystems in the world and it can be used to secure communications by using the public keys as well as to encrypt electronic files by keeping the public key private. We will discuss how it works and how to make it work.

Keyword(s): discrete mathematics, applications, software