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Encryption

Ciphers

Ciphers Description Example
Block Cipher Break messages into fixed length blocks, and encrypt each block using the same key (3)DES, AES/Rijndael, IDEA
Stream Cipher Break message into fixed length blocks, but use a sequence of keys to encrypt the blocks Vigenère cipher, RC4, SEAL
Stream Cipher Description
Synchronous Stream Ciphers generates the key string from a source other than the message itself
Self-Synchronous Stream Ciphers obtain a key from the message itself

Common Terms

DES Data Encryption Standard
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