Secure Programming — How does RSA work and why is it secure?

RSA encryption and decryption process step by step in 10 mins

We all know that RSA is used for encryption. As a serious developer, it’s important to know how does it work and why is it hard to break? In this article, I will walk you through the process of RSA and the Math behind it.

Let’s start.

Definition

RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) is a public-key cryptosystem widely used for secure data transmission.