Using a Combination of Symmetric and Asymmetric Key Encryption,Sofia Sent

question 16

Multiple Choice

Using a combination of symmetric and asymmetric key encryption,Sofia sent a report to her home office in Indiana.She received an e-mail acknowledgement that her report had been received,but a few minutes later she received a second e-mail that contained a different hash total than the one associated with her report.This most likely explanation for this result is that

• A)the public key had been compromised.
• B)the private key had been compromised.
• C)the symmetric encryption key had been compromised.
• D)the asymmetric encryption key had been compromised.

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