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There are three main types of cryptographic algorithms:

  1. Secret key
  2. Public key
  3. Hash functions.

Read Overview of Cryptography (Links to an external site.) to gain an understanding of the various applications of crypto. Pick an algorithm for any one of these types (e.g., DES, AES, RSA, MD5) and describe how it works and where it is applied. For example, SSL uses 3DES or DES for message encryption.

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