Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

RSA: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

● anchor · a standalone construct Nearest construct by meaning·not indexed

A single standalone construct; nearby constructs are located against it in the Collider. Tap a field for its definition, unit, and measures.

Cryptography

a public-key cryptosystem whose security rests on the difficulty of factoring the product of two large primes.

In cryptography, RSA refers to a public-key cryptosystem whose security rests on the difficulty of factoring the product of two large primes. This meaning comes from Rivest (1978) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

Unit
Recovery means
Measured by

Run it through the Collider, or take the citations with you.

See how RSA sits against neighbouring constructs in the Collider, or export every reference on this page in one click.

Open in Collider Export BibTeX Report this entry

Nearby constructs

signature3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs difficulty3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs product3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Rivest, R. L., Shamir, A., & Adleman, L. (1978). A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems. Communications of the ACM, 21(2), 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1145/359340.359342

Cited on this page?

Confirm your construct, or correct us.

If your work is cited behind one of these entries, you know better than we do whether we captured the meaning right. Confirm it, suggest an edit, or dispute it, and your name goes on the entry as an author who has checked it, linked to your ORCID.

Claim your construct