Cryptography, or cryptology (from Ancient Greek: κρυπτός, romanized: kryptós "hidden, secret"; and γράφειν graphein, "to write", or -λογία -logia, "study"...
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Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), sometimes referred to as quantum-proof, quantum-safe, or quantum-resistant, is the development of cryptographic algorithms...
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Public-key cryptography, or asymmetric cryptography, is the field of cryptographic systems that use pairs of related keys. Each key pair consists of a...
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In cryptography, a salt is random data fed as an additional input to a one-way function that hashes data, a password or passphrase. Salting helps defend...
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A key in cryptography is a piece of information, usually a string of numbers or letters that are stored in a file, which, when processed through a cryptographic...
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Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) is an approach to public-key cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC...
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Encryption (redirect from Cryptographic algorithm)
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming (more specifically, encoding) information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can...
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Quantum cryptography is the science of exploiting quantum mechanical properties to perform cryptographic tasks. The best known example of quantum cryptography...
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A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a hash algorithm (a map of an arbitrary binary string to a binary string with a fixed size of n {\displaystyle...
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and topical guide to cryptography: Cryptography (or cryptology) – practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the disciplines...
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Symmetric-key algorithm (redirect from Symmetric key cryptography)
Symmetric-key algorithms are algorithms for cryptography that use the same cryptographic keys for both the encryption of plaintext and the decryption of...
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A cryptographic protocol is an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods, often as sequences...
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Strong cryptography or cryptographically strong are general terms used to designate the cryptographic algorithms that, when used correctly, provide a very...
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Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, began thousands of years ago. Until recent decades, it has been the story of what might...
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RSA (cryptosystem) (redirect from RSA public key cryptography)
"Introduction to Cryptography with Open-Source Software". p. 12. Surender R. Chiluka. "Public key Cryptography". Neal Koblitz. "Cryptography As a Teaching...
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Key size (redirect from Cryptography/key length)
In cryptography, key size or key length refers to the number of bits in a key used by a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher). Key length defines...
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Alice and Bob (redirect from Characters in cryptography)
fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptographic systems and protocols, and in other science and engineering literature...
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The export of cryptography is the transfer from one country to another of devices and technology related to cryptography. In the early days of the Cold...
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Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (category Public-key cryptography)
In cryptography, the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) offers a variant of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) which uses elliptic-curve...
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A cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) or cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (CPRNG) is a pseudorandom number generator...
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Digital signature (redirect from Cryptographic signature)
to the recipient. Digital signatures are a standard element of most cryptographic protocol suites, and are commonly used for software distribution, financial...
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Cryptanalysis (redirect from Cryptographic attack)
is used to breach cryptographic security systems and gain access to the contents of encrypted messages, even if the cryptographic key is unknown. In...
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Diffie–Hellman key exchange (redirect from New Directions in Cryptography)
Diffie–Hellman (DH) key exchange is a mathematical method of securely exchanging cryptographic keys over a public channel and was one of the first public-key protocols...
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In cryptography, a nonce is an arbitrary number that can be used just once in a cryptographic communication. It is often a random or pseudo-random number...
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Cryptography is the practice and study of encrypting information, or in other words, securing information from unauthorized access. There are many different...
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Cryptographic primitives are well-established, low-level cryptographic algorithms that are frequently used to build cryptographic protocols for computer...
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In cryptography, padding is any of a number of distinct practices which all include adding data to the beginning, middle, or end of a message prior to...
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In cryptographic protocol design, cryptographic agility or crypto-agility is the ability to switch between multiple cryptographic primitives. A cryptographically...
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PKCS (redirect from Public-Key Cryptography Standards)
In cryptography, PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards) are a group of public-key cryptography standards devised and published by RSA Security LLC,...
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Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which allows visual information (pictures, text, etc.) to be encrypted in such a way that the decrypted...
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