ciphertext

See also: cipher text

by Xamot (4 wk)

Mon Jan 24 2000 at 15:41:12

In cryptology this is the commonly used term for an encrypted message. When a plaintext has been run through a encoder (encryption algorithm) the result is called ciphertext.

Could also be written cipher text.

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cipher text	Breaking the Vigenère Square	triple ROT13	cipher
The Arabian contribution to Cryptology	First compress it, then encrypt it	cryptographic primitives	cryptology: terms for breaking algorithms
plaintext	type flaw attack	mutual authentication	Confusion and Diffusion
Vigenère Stream	transposition cipher	Cryptanalysis	monoalphabetic substitution cipher
ERIKO-CHAN cipher	Enigma	encoder	CTR
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