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| − | * [[Cryptography]] originally meant Secret Writing and was use by Caesar in his communications from the Gallic wars. Since then it has become a category of mathematics dealing with methods that are easy to invoke | + | * [[Cryptography]] originally meant Secret Writing and was use by Caesar in his communications from the Gallic wars. Since then it has become a category of mathematics dealing with methods that are easy to invoke and difficult to discover. Commercial [[Cryptography]] is involved in: |
# protecting data from disclosure (its original purpose) and | # protecting data from disclosure (its original purpose) and | ||
# assuring the source or integrity of messages. | # assuring the source or integrity of messages. | ||
Revision as of 11:00, 12 November 2020
Full Title
General resource site for Cryptography.
Context
- Cryptography originally meant Secret Writing and was use by Caesar in his communications from the Gallic wars. Since then it has become a category of mathematics dealing with methods that are easy to invoke and difficult to discover. Commercial Cryptography is involved in:
- protecting data from disclosure (its original purpose) and
- assuring the source or integrity of messages.
- Specific details are on the wiki pages Secret Key Cryptography and Public Key Cryptography.
Resources
- Bill's crypto page has a broad list of crypto methods.
