From 454a117b18be5380f96a7adb85772080597077b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: leo Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 12:58:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] tex: update encryption defs --- tex/text.tex | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tex/text.tex b/tex/text.tex index d9ff4b4..bd78c25 100644 --- a/tex/text.tex +++ b/tex/text.tex @@ -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}