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  • 1Key Wrap — constructions are a class of symmetric encryption algorithms designed to encapsulate (encrypt) cryptographic key material. The Key Wrap algorithms are intended for applications such as (a) protecting keys while in untrusted storage, or (b)… …

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  • 2Key generation — is the process of generating keys for cryptography. A key is used to encrypt and decrypt whatever data is being encrypted/decrypted.Modern cryptographic systems include symmetric key algorithms (such as DES and AES) and public key algorithms… …

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  • 3encrypt — v. t. to convert ordinary language into code; to hide the meaning of a message by converting it into a form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key. Syn: encode, code, encipher, cipher,… …

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  • 4encrypt — en‧crypt [ɪnˈkrɪpt] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to write information in the form of code, especially to prevent certain people from being able to use it: • The program encrypts your password when you use the software for the first time.… …

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  • 5Key exchange — is any method in cryptography by which cryptographic keys are exchanged between users, allowing use of a cryptographic algorithm. If Alice and Bob wish to exchange encrypted messages, each must be equipped to decrypt received messages and to… …

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  • 6Key (cryptography) — In cryptography, a key is a piece of information (a parameter) that determines the functional output of a cryptographic algorithm or cipher. Without a key, the algorithm would produce no useful result. In encryption, a key specifies the… …

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  • 7Key derivation function — KDF redirects here. For the Nazi organization, see Kraft durch Freude In cryptography, a key derivation function (or KDF) is a function which derives one or more secret keys from a secret value and/or other known information such as a password or …

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  • 8key, cryptographic — Secret value used by a computer together with a complex algorithm to encrypt and decrypt messages. Since confidential messages might be intercepted during transmission or travel over public networks, they require encryption so that they will be… …

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  • 9Public-key cryptography — In an asymmetric key encryption scheme, anyone can encrypt messages using the public key, but only the holder of the paired private key can decrypt. Security depends on the secrecy of that private key …

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  • 10Symmetric-key algorithm — Symmetric key algorithms are a class of algorithms for cryptography that use trivially related, often identical, cryptographic keys for both decryption and encryption.The encryption key is trivially related to the decryption key, in that they may …

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