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This set of questions and answers covers the fundamentals of cryptography, including concepts such as symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, and key management.
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1. What is the difference between a certificate authority and a registration authority?
2. What is a stream cipher?
3. What is the purpose of a certificate authority?
4. What is the purpose of a key management system?
5. What is the difference between a key store and a key management service?
6. What is the purpose of a public key infrastructure?
7. What is the difference between public-key and private-key cryptography?
8. What is the difference between a digital certificate and a public key certificate?
9. What is a hash function?
10. What is the purpose of a digital signature?
11. What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric cryptography?
12. What is the difference between a message authentication code and a digital signature?
13. What is the purpose of a hardware security module?
14. What is the purpose of a key escrow system?
15. What is the purpose of a cryptographic hash function?
16. What is the purpose of a key recovery system?
17. What is a block cipher?
18. What is the difference between a symmetric key and an asymmetric key?
19. What is the difference between a FIPS 140-2 Level 1 and a FIPS 140-2 Level 2 security module?