Fundamentals of InfoSecintermediate
Select ALL components of the hybrid encryption process demonstrated in the lesson.
Answer
Encrypt the document with a symmetric key., Encrypt the symmetric key with the recipient's public key., Send the encrypted document and encrypted key to the recipient.
Explanation
### Why this is right
- **Encrypt the document with a symmetric key.** The lesson uses a symmetric key for the file itself.
- **Encrypt the symmetric key with the recipient's public key.** This protects the key so only the recipient can recover it with the matching private key.
- **Send the encrypted document and encrypted key to the recipient.** Both are needed for the recipient to recover the file.
### The concept
Hybrid encryption applies symmetric encryption to the document and asymmetric encryption to the symmetric key. The recipient first decrypts the key with a private key and then decrypts the file with that recovered key. The public key is used to encrypt the symmetric key, not to decrypt the file.
### The other options
- **D. Use the recipient's public key to decrypt the document.** This is wrong because the file is encrypted with the symmetric key; the public key protects the symmetric key.
### Terms
- **Symmetric key**: A shared secret used to encrypt and decrypt the file.
- **Public key**: A shareable key used here to encrypt the symmetric key.
- **Private key**: The recipient’s secret key used to recover the symmetric key.
### Remember
The public/private pair protects the symmetric key, not the document in this hybrid workflow.
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