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• Cryptosystem — There are two different meanings of the word cryptosystem. One is used by the cryptographic community, while the other is the meaning understood by the public. General meaning In this meaning, the term cryptosystem is used as shorthand for… …   Wikipedia

• McEliece cryptosystem — In cryptography, the McEliece cryptosystem is an asymmetric encryption algorithm developed in 1978 by Robert McEliece.[1] It was the first such scheme to use randomization in the encryption process. The algorithm has never gained much acceptance… …   Wikipedia

• Rabin cryptosystem — The Rabin cryptosystem is an asymmetric cryptographic technique, whose security, like that of RSA, is related to the difficulty of factorization. However the Rabin cryptosystem has the advantage that the problem on which it relies has been proved …   Wikipedia

• Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem — The Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem was one of the earliest public key cryptosystems invented by Ralph Merkle and Martin Hellman in 1978.[1] Although its ideas are elegant, and far simpler than RSA, it has been broken.[2] Contents 1… …   Wikipedia

• cryptology — cryptologist, n. cryptologic /krip tl oj ik/, cryptological, adj. /krip tol euh jee/, n. 1. cryptography. 2. the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography. [1635 45; < NL cryptologia. See CRYPTO , LOGY] * * * Introduction …   Universalium

• Cryptography — Secret code redirects here. For the Aya Kamiki album, see Secret Code. Symmetric key cryptography, where the same key is used both for encryption and decryption …   Wikipedia

• Public-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 …   Wikipedia

• Cryptanalysis — Close up of the rotors in a Fialka cipher machine Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, hidden , and analýein, to loosen or to untie ) is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret… …   Wikipedia

• Intelligence collection management — is the process of managing and organizing the collection of intelligence information from various sources. The collection department of an intelligence organization may attempt basic validation of that which it collects, but is not intended to… …   Wikipedia

• Side-channel attack — In cryptography, a side channel attack is any attack based on information gained from the physical implementation of a cryptosystem, rather than brute force or theoretical weaknesses in the algorithms (compare cryptanalysis). For example, timing… …   Wikipedia

• Outline of cryptography — See also: Index of cryptography articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cryptography: Cryptography (or cryptology) – practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the… …   Wikipedia