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In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Only authorized parties can decipher a ciphertext back to plaintext and access the original information.

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Are there any cryptographic algorithms, which lets the user apply some modifications on the ...

If (and ONLY if) it was encrypted with a special "homomorphic" encryption scheme, then you can do the operations allowed by that scheme. Those are almost never used in practice currently (they're very …
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How can RSA be used to compactly sign and encrypt?

Re-using RSA key pairs for both encryption and signing is catastrophic, since it leaks the private key. So two pairs of keys will be needed. RSAES-OAEP is a system that allows RSA to encrypt short (sh …
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How to sign messages using the NOISE Protocol Framework?

If you need signatures, use the signatures API. Signing key pairs may or may not be ephemeral, this depends on your use case. You'll need some way to determine that a signing keypair belongs to whoeve …
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AES Key vs RSA Key

This answer is specifically about your statement "….the RSA-algorithm aka how things are encrypted/deciffered." RSA usually isn't used for encryption, and when it is it's never just the RSA algorithm. …
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