An asymmetric key encryption
algorithm that uses a pair of different cryptographic keys to encrypt and
decrypt. Created by cryptographer Dr. Taher Elgamal, the El Gamal algorithm is
used in the free GNU Privacy Guard software, in recent versions of PGP, and in
other cryptography systems for encryption and decryption and for digital
signatures.
See Also:
Algorithm; Encryption or Encipher; Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).
Farlex, Inc. Internet Key Exchange. Farlex, Inc. Website. http://
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Internet%20key%20exchange.