• Kerckhoffs's principle (also called Kerckhoffs's desideratum, assumption, axiom, doctrine or law) of cryptography was stated by Dutch-born cryptographer...
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  • accordance with Kerckhoffs's principle. Stated by Netherlands-born cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century, the principle holds that a cryptosystem...
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    compromise of the system should not inconvenience the correspondents (Kerckhoffs's principle). The key should be memorable without notes and should be easily...
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  • Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835–1903), Dutch linguist and cryptographer Kerckhoffs' principle, a cryptographic principle named for him Hermann Kerckhoff (1937–2023)...
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  • theorem about the number of spanning trees in a graph Kerckhoffs's principle, of Auguste Kerckhoffs List of scientific laws named after people Ohm's law...
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  • obscurity, while key-dependent steganographic schemes try to adhere to Kerckhoffs's principle. The advantage of steganography over cryptography alone is that...
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    This fundamental principle was first explicitly stated in 1883 by Auguste Kerckhoffs and is generally called Kerckhoffs's Principle; alternatively and...
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    is vulnerable to attack because it lacks a key, thus violating Kerckhoffs's principle of cryptology. In 1553, an important extension to Trithemius's method...
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    security through obscurity, specifically both Shannon's Maxim and Kerckhoffs's principle), resistance to timing attacks should not either. If nothing else...
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    that an attacker knows how the encipherment process works (see Kerckhoffs's principle) and breaking is often used for solving a key. Enigma machines,...
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    or its components", which can be considered as a reiteration of Kerckhoffs's principle. A thin-client LIMS is a more modern architecture which offers full...
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  • Security through obscurity Misc. Topics Full disclosure (computer security) Security awareness Security community Steganography Kerckhoffs's principle...
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  • whole initiative was also criticized based on its violation of Kerckhoffs's Principle, as the scheme included a special escrow key held by the government...
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  • Criticisms of this are twofold. First, a 19th century rule known as Kerckhoffs's principle, later formulated as Shannon's maxim, teaches that "the enemy knows...
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  • Malleability Forward secrecy Forward anonymity Freshness Kerckhoffs's principle – Cryptographic principle that states everything except the key can be public...
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    future to do things that are not possible at the present. Under Kerckhoffs's Principle, the need for one or more parts of a cryptographic system to remain...
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  • the Siemens SFM T43; and the Lorenz SZ 40, SZ42 a/b. They assumed Kerckhoffs's principle that how the machines worked would be known, and addressed only...
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  • cryptography, it is important to maintain the confidentiality of the key. Kerckhoff's principle states that the entire security of the cryptographic system relies...
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  • modern ciphers which are published openly. This assumption is called Kerckhoffs's principle. Some common attack models are: Ciphertext-only attack (COA) - in...
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    secrecy is of the essence in sending confidential messages – see Kerckhoffs' principle. In contrast, the revolutions in cryptography and secure communications...
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    Maxim "the enemy knows the system" – in its turn, equivalent to Kerckhoffs's principle. This is a reasonable assumption in practice – throughout history...
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  • cryptographic systems relying on obscurity and argues that the Kerckhoffs's principle should have been followed: the system would have been safer when...
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    it sufficiently secure. This feature is perfectly in line with Kerckhoffs's principle. Bellaso's second booklet appeared in 1555 as a continuation of...
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  • the planets around the sun. First articulated by Johannes Kepler. Kerckhoffs's principle of secure cryptography: A cryptosystem should be secure even if...
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  • renders the system as highly insecure when considered in light of Kerckhoffs' Principle. The cipher's primary weakness comes from the fact that if the cryptanalyst...
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  • patterns, and security solutions to a variety of security issues. Kerckhoffs's Principle OASIS (organization) (Organization for the Advancement of Structured...
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  • at least the ability to discover if there is any mal-intention. Kerckhoffs' principle is based on the idea that an enemy can steal a secure military system...
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  • stronger form of obfuscation proven to be impossible Kerckhoffs's principle – Cryptographic principle that states everything except the key can be public...
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  • formulated by Auguste Kerckhoffs (in the 1880s) and Claude Shannon (in the 1940s); the statements are known as Kerckhoffs' principle and Shannon's Maxim...
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  • examination • KASUMI • KCDSA • KeePass • Kerberos (protocol) • Kerckhoffs's principle • Kevin McCurley (cryptographer) • Key-agreement protocol • Key...
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