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Network Security
Chapter 3a
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Computer Science
Post-Graduate
01/29/2024

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Encryption
Definition
Process of converting an original message into a form unreadable by unauthorized individuals
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Cryptonalysis
Definition
Obtaining the original message from an encrypted message without knowing the keys
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Decryption
Definition
Reverse of encryption
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Cipher or Cryptosystem
Definition
An encryption method or process encompassing the algorithm and procedures to perfom encryption and decryption
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Ciphertext or Cryptogram
Definition
The encoded message
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Key or Cryptovariable
Definition
Information used in conjuncation with an algorithm to create ciphertext from plaintext
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Keyspace
Definition
The entire range of values that can be used to construct an individual key
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Link encryption
Definition
A series of encryptions and decryptions among a number of systems
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Nonrepudiation
Definition
Verification that a message was sent by a particular sender and cannot be refuted
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Plaintext or cleartext
Definition
The original unencrypted message, or a message that has been successfully descrypted
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Substitution
Definition
The process of replacing plaintext values with other values to form ciphertext
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Transportation
Definition
The process of rearraging plaintext values to form ciphertext
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Work factor
Definition
The amount of effort required to decode an encrypted message when the key and/or algorithm is unknown
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Symmetric Encryption
Definition
Same secret key used to encipher and decipher the message
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Asymmetric Encryption
Definition
Uses two different keys (commonly a public and a private key)
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