Link encryption is an approach to communications security that encrypts and decrypts all network traffic at each network routing point (e.g. network switch...

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming (more specifically, encoding) information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can...

distribution center (KDC) Key management Key stream KSD-64 Link encryption MISTY1 Multiplex link encryption Net control station (NCS) Null cipher One-time pad...

algorithms for cryptography that use the same cryptographic keys for both the encryption of plaintext and the decryption of ciphertext. The keys may be identical...

National Security Agency took over responsibility for all US government encryption systems when it was formed in 1952. The technical details of most NSA-approved...

Homomorphic encryption is a form of encryption that allows computations to be performed on encrypted data without first having to decrypt it. The resulting...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a private communication system in which only communicating users can participate. As such, no one else, including the communication...

peer-to-peer networking and an official GNU package. The framework offers link encryption, peer discovery, resource allocation, communication over many transports...

Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage medium is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk). This article presents...

The Data Encryption Standard (DES /ˌdiːˌiːˈɛs, dɛz/) is a symmetric-key algorithm for the encryption of digital data. Although its short key length of...

In cryptography and steganography, plausibly deniable encryption describes encryption techniques where the existence of an encrypted file or message is...

Disk encryption is a technology which protects information by converting it into code that cannot be deciphered easily by unauthorized people or processes...

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛindaːl]), is a specification for the encryption of electronic...

This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software. Hidden containers: Whether hidden containers (an encrypted container (A)...

The vast majority of the National Security Agency's work on encryption is classified, but from time to time NSA participates in standards processes or...

Proxy re-encryption (PRE) schemes are cryptosystems which allow third parties (proxies) to alter a ciphertext which has been encrypted for one party, so...

Caesar's code, or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in...

authenticated encryption ciphers, used mainly for Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and CCM mode of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. TLS Extensions...

In cryptography, SAFER (Secure And Fast Encryption Routine) is the name of a family of block ciphers designed primarily by James Massey (one of the designers...

In cryptography, the Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) is a block cipher notable for its simplicity of description and implementation, typically a few lines...

(HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It uses encryption for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on...

dealing with export control of encryption, considered as of 1999[update] any implementation of the symmetric encryption algorithm with the key length above...

Identity-based encryption (IBE), is an important primitive of identity-based cryptography. As such it is a type of public-key encryption in which the public...

target machine. Typically, cold boot attacks are used for retrieving encryption keys from a running operating system for malicious or criminal investigative...

protected by encryption or other means so that it can be distributed without fear of its being stolen. Also called BLACK key. content-encryption key (CEK)...

therefore, be large enough that a brute-force attack (possible against any encryption algorithm) is infeasible – i.e. would take too long and/or would take...

aspects: Key agreement or establishment Entity authentication Symmetric encryption and message authentication material construction Secured application-level...

Schneier and included in many cipher suites and encryption products. Blowfish provides a good encryption rate in software, and no effective cryptanalysis...

or not traffic is being transmitted. This is also called masking or link encryption. Traffic-flow security is one aspect of communications security. The...

Opportunistic encryption (OE) refers to any system that, when connecting to another system, attempts to encrypt communications channels, otherwise falling...