Date of Award
4-1985
Degree Type
Honors Paper
Department
Computer Science
First Advisor
Robert P. Webber, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Robb J. Koether, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Robert D. May, Ph.D.
Abstract
Cryptography, the art of writing secret messages, has been practiced for almost 3000 years. Two people have a message to communicate to each other , with a chance of an outside person intercepting the message before it reaches the receiver . Therefore, the message must be put through an encryption scheme to keep the intervening person from finding the true nature of the message . An encryption scheme is coding a message using an enciphering key and then decoding the coded message with a deciphering key .
Recommended Citation
Fetzner, Edward A., "Rivest-Shamir-Adelman Cryptosystem" (1985). Theses & Honors Papers. 323.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/323
