Cryptography
Cryptography
Confidentiality
Can only be seen by intended people
Integrity
Received data isn't tempted with or altered
non-repudiation
Sender did send the data
Authentication
One's identity
Encryption Cipher
Caesar
Letter + 3= letter
rot 13
Letter + 13 = letter
Vigenenere
Uses 26*26 a-z grid
What is it
Converts readable texts into a form which we cannot read
Needs key to convert it back to readable texts
Important terms
Plaintext
Readable text
Ciphertext
Encrypted text
Cipher
Encryption algorithm/technique
Encryption
Plaintext->Ciphertext
Description
Ciphertext->Plaintext
Key
Whats used to turn Plaintext->Ciphertext
Key space
Number of possible keys that can be created
from an algorithm