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tex: update encryption defs

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leo 2023-05-25 12:58:03 +02:00
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@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ the author usually means the Password Compromise Monitoring Tool program.
Encryption is the process of transforming certain data, called a
\emph{message}, using, as Aumasson writes in Serious Cryptography, ``an
algorithm called a \emph{cipher} and a secret value called the
key''~\cite{seriouscryptography}.
key''~\cite{seriouscryptography}. Its purpose is to protect the said message so
that only its intended recipients that know/hold the key are able to
\emph{decipher} and read it.
\n{3}{Symmetric encryption}
Symmetric encryption is simply when the \emph{key} used during both
encryption and decryption is shared.
Symmetric encryption is simply when the \emph{key} used is to facilitate both
encryption and decryption operations.
\n{3}{Asymmetric encryption}