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Asymmetric key algos are kinda slow, so in practice when you're using asymmetric crypto on larger amounts of data (like with TLS or SSH), you're actually just u
by Rebelgecko 5y ago
Asymmetric key algos are kinda slow, so in practice when you're using asymmetric crypto on larger amounts of data (like with TLS or SSH), you're actually just using RSA to encrypt a quick handshake where both sides agree on symmetric keys (for ciphers like AES or Chacha) that they'll use to encrypt the actual payload