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BLOCK ENCYPHERMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • IT Security
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

Encryption of a block of data or text as a unit.

CONT

In block encrypting, each message is broken to smaller pieces (blocks) with various sizes, and then each block is encrypted individually.

Key term(s)
  • block encypherment
  • block encyphering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Mathématiques informatiques
CONT

Pour la catégorie de chiffrement la plus fréquemment étudiée en cryptographie symétrique—le chiffrement par bloc—la propriété désirée est que le chiffrement soit une permutation (super) pseudo-aléatoire.

Spanish

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