| Glossary |
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| .. glossary:: |
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| plaintext |
| User-readable data you care about. |
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| ciphertext |
| The encoded data, it's not user readable. Potential attackers are able |
| to see this. |
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| encryption |
| The process of converting plaintext to ciphertext. |
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| decryption |
| The process of converting ciphertext to plaintext. |
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| key |
| Secret data is encoded with a function using this key. Sometimes |
| multiple keys are used. These **must** be kept secret, if a key is |
| exposed to an attacker, any data encrypted with it will be exposed. |
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| symmetric cryptography |
| Cryptographic operations where encryption and decryption use the same |
| key. |
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| asymmetric cryptography |
| Cryptographic operations where encryption and decryption use different |
| keys. There are seperate encryption and decryption keys. |