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asymmetric key(s)

Definitions:

  Two related keys—a public key and a private key—that are used to perform complementary operations, such as encryption and decryption or signature generation and signature verification.
Sources:
FIPS 201-3 under Asymmetric Keys

  Two related keys, a public key and a private key, that are used to perform complementary operations, such as encryption and decryption or signature generation and signature verification.
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NIST SP 1800-12b under asymmetric keys

  A cryptographic key used with an asymmetric-key (public-key) algorithm. The key may be a private key or a public key.
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NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2 under Asymmetric key

  Two related cryptographic keys comprised of a public key and a private key that are used to perform complementary operations, such as encryption and decryption or signature verification and generation.
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NIST SP 800-63-4 [

  

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