Hybrid Encryption

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Hybrid Encryption
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HYBRID ENCRYPTION
Hybrid Encryption Scheme application Scenario
The encryption algorithm is used for the improving the security for transmission of data
packets and helps in maintaining authentication, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation.
The hybrid encryption algorithm is a combination of two of more encryption algorithm for
performing different functionality. The combination of symmetric and the asymmetric helps in
utilization of public key framework and improve the encryption and decryption of the data. In
this scheme a random secret key is generated and it is encrypted with the public key of the
recipient (Cheon and Kim 2015). The message or data that is sent is encrypted with the secret
key and the cipher. The secret key that is encrypted and message is sent to the recipient. The
private key of the recipient is used for decryption of the secret key and then uses it for decryption
of the message. This type of cryptography is used in case of the SSL connection, PGP and SSH.
Use of Hybrid encryption scheme
The SSL protocol is used for establishing a secure connection between the web server
and the client in a public insecure network for example, the internet. The secure socket layer
protocol works on the public and private key encryption with the inclusion of cryptographic
function for securing the connection between the remote and the destination machine such as the
mail server and client machine which communicates over internet and TCP/IP network (Oppliger
2016). It creates a mechanism for the encryption and authentication of data that are sent between
the different process run on server and client. It also acts as a media for enabling secure
exchange of the private keys and encryption of a session. A SSL certificate can be issued by the
trust certificate authority for exchanging the private keys and its runs on session, presentation
and application layer for transporting the data between routing the data traffic and process over