Digital Signatures Explained: What They Are & Why You Need Them 🔒

In this video we take a look at Digital Signatures. We explain what they are, show you examples of what types of things are signed, and discuss how they provide Integrity and Authentication to what is signed. We then compare them to HMACs and MACs, which also provide Integrity & Authentication, but have a slightly different use case.

// CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Simple Definition
0:38 - Signatures are created with Private Key & verified with Public Key
1:31 - Anything can be signed
2:04 - Integrity and Authentication
2:39 - Signatures vs MACs / HMACs
4:23 - Signature Algorithms - RSA DSA

// FULL SERIES - Cryptography Essentials //

This video is part of a 16-part series covering the essentials of modern Cryptography. Explained simply, and technically accurate.

The full series is available here:
📋 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIFyRwBY_4bQvq5PuJASilkHSVGLZtceZ
( or use the shortcut pracnet.net/ce )

00  Series Introduction
01  Hashing
02  Keys / Secret Keys
03  Symmetric Cryptography
04  Encryption
05  MAC / HMAC
06  Pseudo Random Function
07  Asymmetric Cryptography
08  Asymmetric Encryption (RSA)
09  Signatures
10  RSA Signatures
11  DSA Signatures
12  Key Exchanges
13  RSA Key Exchanges
14  DH Key Exchanges
15  Elliptic Curve Cryptography

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