Encryption

The “Encryption” category contains cipher-related terms including the description of different types of data encryption and general considerations about data security.

• 3DES
• 3DES, also referred to as Triple DES, a mode of the DES encryption algorithm that encrypts data three times. Nowadays backup programs, like Handy... More about 3DES...

• AES
• AES, Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, is a symmetric 128-bit block data encryption technique developed by Belgian cryptographers Joan Daemen... More about AES...

• Cipher
• Cipher is the generic term used to describe a means of encrypting data. In addition, the term cipher can refer to the encrypted text itself... More about Cipher...

• Cipher Text
• Cipher text is data that has been encrypted. Cipher text is unreadable until it has been converted into plain text (decrypted) with a key. More about Cipher Text...

• Cryptography
• The subject of cryptography is primarily concerned with maintaining the privacy of communications, and modern methods use a number of techniques to... More about Cryptography...

• Decryption
• Decryption is a process of decoding encrypted data back to its original form using the same encryption method and most likely the same application... More about Decryption...

• DES
• DES, Short for Data Encryption Standard, a popular symmetric-key encryption method developed in 1975 and standardized by ANSI in 1981 as ANSI X.3.92... More about DES...

• Encryption Algorithm
• An encryption algorithm is a mathematical procedure for performing encryption on data. Through the use of an algorithm, information is made into... More about Encryption Algorithm...

• Encryption
• Encryption is translation of data, or plain text, into a secret code, or cipher text. Now every backup program supports encryption, Handy Backup... More about Encryption...

• Public-key encryption
• Public-key encryption is a special encryption method, employing two passwords instead of one. One is password is given out to public - it is used to... More about Public-key encryption...

• RC4
• RC4 is a variable key-size stream cipher with byte-oriented operations. The algorithm is based on the use of a random permutation. More about RC4...

• RC5
• RC5 is a parameterized algorithm with a variable block size, a variable key size, and a variable number of rounds. Allowable choices for the block... More about RC5...

• RC6
• RC6 is a block cipher based on RC5. RC6 is a parameterized algorithm where the block size, the key size, and the number of rounds are variable. The... More about RC6...

• Symmetric key cryptography
•    Symmetric-key cryptography is an encryption system in which the sender and receiver of a message share a single, common key that is... More about Symmetric key cryptography...

• Triple DES
• Triple DES, also referred to as 3DES, is a mode of the DES encryption algorithm that encrypts data three times. Three 64-bit keys are used, instead... More about Triple DES...

• Blowfish Encryption Algorithm
• The blowfish encryption algorithm is a symmetric encryption algorithm designed by Bruce Schneier in 1993 as an alternative to existing encryption... More about Blowfish Encryption Algorithm...