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Well, I asked the interviewer if by asymmetric he meant something like PKI, and all I got was a frown. And I was like symmetric encryption is just normal. I thi
by bsdpunk 16y ago
Well, I asked the interviewer if by asymmetric he meant something like PKI, and all I got was a frown. And I was like symmetric encryption is just normal. I think I was more caught off guard, as well as just not thinking much about it. I got all the PAM questions right if that helps. Probably doesn't. I feel genuinely humiliated by the whole situation.
Seriously in the back of my head I heard my Father's voice: "You done fucked up good, boy"
EDIT FOR FATHER QUOTE
- vacri 16y agoIt sounds more like the role was for a senior admin or architect rather than a line admin. I wouldn't beat yourself up too much about it... unless you thought you were a senior admin. Those guys do have to know and understand the nooks and crannies as well as the general processes.
- X-Istence 16y agoThe difference is rather simple. (Although I have a feeling that tpatcek will tell me I am wrong on some count) Asymmetric encryption has two parts, a private key and a public key. One encrypts data with a public key and then the only key that can decrypt it is the private key. The private key, as the name suggests, has to stay private and is a secret, whereas your public key you can hand out as you please. In symmetric encryption you have a single key, it is used to both encrypt and decrypt the data, and thus if that single key were to fall into the wrong hands that person could then decrypt the data, whereas with a public key that is not the case. This is a very simplified overview of the differences.