RSA encryption uses an ingeniously simple mathematical premise. Recent news stories suggest China has cracked it. But there's a lot more to it than that.

Anyone can encrypt data using the encryption key and the publicly known algorithm, but only the originator of both keys can decrypt the message. In most applications, a key exchange protocol like Di ...

Once executed, though, Paradise will relaunch itself in order to gain administrative privileges and then generate a unique RSA-1024 key. This key is then used to encrypt all of the files on each ...

The toolkits are widely distributed. In 2009, RSA offered free downloads of its BSafe Share encryption technology to software developers under a program called the RSA Share Project.