1. Two mathematically related keys having the properties that (1) one key can be used to encrypt a message that can only be decrypted using the other key, and 2) even knowing one key, it is computationally infeasible to discover the other key.
(Source: NIST SP 800-32)
2. A public key and its corresponding private key used with a public key algorithm.
(Source: RFC 2828) |