Encryption

The "Encryption" category contains cipher-related terms including the description of different types of data encryption and general considerations about data security. You can see the list of the terms from this category below.

• 3DES

  3DES, also referred to as Triple DES, a mode of the DES encryption algorithm that encrypts data three times. Nowadays... (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... (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... (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... (more about Cryptography...)

  
  
• Decryption

  Decryption is a process of decoding encrypted data back to its original form using the same encryption method and most... (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... (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... (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 encryptio... (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... (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... (more about RC4...)

  
  
• RC5

  RC5 is a parameterized algorithm with a variable block size, a variable key size, and a variable number of round... (more about RC5...)

  
  
• RC6

  RC6 is a block cipher based on RC5. RC6 is a parameterized algorithm where the block size, the key siz... (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... (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 time... (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... (more about Blowfish Encryption Algorithm...)