CISSP: A public key algorithm. El Gamal is an asymmetric algorithm, which is also called a public key algorithm. It can be used for digital signatures, encryption, and key exchange. It is not based on the difficulty of factoring large numbers, but is based on calculating discrete logarithms in a finite field.

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A public key algorithm. El Gamal is an asymmetric algorithm, which is also called a public key algorithm. It can be used for digital signatures, encryption, and key exchange. It is not based on the difficulty of factoring large numbers, but is based on calculating discrete logarithms in a finite field.

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El Gamal has which of the following characteristics?
- A symmetric algorithm
- A hashing algorithm
- A message authentication code algorithm
- A public key algorithm

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El Gamal has which of the following characteristics? - A symmetric algorithm - A hashing algorithm - A message authentication code algorithm - A public key algorithm

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