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symmetric key cryptography

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(cryptography)symmetric key cryptography - A cryptography system in which both parties have the same encryption key, as in secret key cryptography.

Opposite: public-key cryptography.


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Symmetric key cryptography is used to encrypt each packet instead of public key cryptography because it is considerably less computationally intensive.
This is particularly important in environments such as government or enterprise IT where conventional systems currently rely on symmetric key cryptography.
Communication to the host is encrypted using public and symmetric key cryptography.
 
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