Cryptography is essential for securing digital communication. The principles of public and private keys, which create a pair that encrypts and decrypts data, are among its most important components. This blog post will demystify these basic ideas to help you better understand digital security. What is the difference between public and private keys? Public and private keys are components of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) encryption system. PKI is a two-key asymmetric system that employs two mathematically linked keys. One of these keys is open to the world, while the other is private and kept hidden by the user. This…