Encryption Flashcards
1
Q
What are the different kinds of Network Security?
A
Authentication, Encryption, firewalls and MAC address filtering is used.
2
Q
Why is encryption used?
A
Data Encryption protects data from being accessed, read or altered by converting or encoding it.
3
Q
What is Plaintext?
A
The message in its original form.
4
Q
What is Ciphertext?
A
The message once it has been encrypted.
5
Q
What is Encryption?
A
Process of converting a message from Plaintext to Ciphertext.
6
Q
What is Decryption?
A
Process of converting a message from Ciphertext to Plaintext.
7
Q
What is a Key?
A
A sequence of numbers or values used to encrypt or decrypt a message.
8
Q
What is an Algorithm?
A
A method used for encryption.
