Section 24: Cryptography Flashcards
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Cryptography
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The practice and study of writing and solving codes in order to hide the true meaning of information
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Encryption
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Process of converting ordinary information (plaintext) into an unintelligible form (ciphertext)
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Cipher
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An algorithm which performs the encryption or decryption
4
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Key
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The essential piece of information that determines the output of a cipher
5
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Blockchain
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A shared, immutable ledger for recording transactions, tracking assets and building trust
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Ephemeral
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Short lived and used in the key exchange for WPA3 to create perfect forward secrecy
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Homomorphic Encryption
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An encryption method that allows calculations to be performed on data without decrypting it first
