Question

Which term is used to describe a public-key, cryptography-based mechanism for proving the source (and possibly integrity) of a dataset or message?

Answer 1

The term digital signature is used to describe a public-key, cryptography-based mechanism for proving the source (and possibly integrity) of a dataset or message.
Digital signature enables authentication which means that the receiver knows that the message was created by a known sender

Answer 2

The question below has multiple answers

a) Trusted third party

b) Symmetric Cryptography c) Algorithm d) Digital signature The answer is (D) Digital Signature It uses the private key of a sender and is a mathematical technique that validates the integrity and authenticity through a public key encryption of a digital or a software document. It is normally attached to digital or a software document to verify the sender’s identity and its content.