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transposition cipher [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

In cryptography, a cipher in which the characters are reordered but not individually disguised.

CONT

In the transposition cipher, the letters of the original message are taken out of their regular order by some previously agreed upon method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Technique de cryptage où l'ordre naturel des lettres du message original est modifié à l'aide d'une méthode préalablement définie.

OBS

Le chiffrement ou cryptage consiste à transformer une information en clair en une information secrète [...] La transposition consiste à effectuer des permutations selon une fonction F et une période finie; la clé étant fonction de cette période.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
OBS

Un texto está cifrado por transposición cuando las frecuencias de las letras respecto al alfabeto se mantienen, por ejemplo, la letra "a" seguirá apareciendo el 63% de las veces [...]

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