Cryptography, or cryptology (from Ancient Greek: κρυπτός, romanized: kryptós "hidden, secret"; and
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The first use of the term "cryptograph" (as opposed to "cryptogram") dates back to the 19th century—originating from "The Gold-Bug", a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Until modern times, cryptography referred almost excl… See more

Before the modern era, cryptography focused on message confidentiality (i.e., encryption)—conversion of messages from a comprehensible form into an incomprehensible one and back again at the other e… See more

Symmetric-key cryptography refers to encryption methods in which both the sender and receiver share the same key (or, less commonly, in which their keys are different, but related in an easily computabl… See more

Cryptography is widely used on the internet to help protect user-data and prevent eavesdropping. To ensure secrecy during transmission, many systems use private key cryptography to protect transmitted information… See more

• Collision attack
• Comparison of cryptography libraries
• Cryptovirology – Securing and encrypting virology
• Crypto Wars – Attempts to limit access to strong cryptography… See more

• Arbib, Jonathan; Dwyer, John (2011). Discrete Mathematics for Cryptography. Algana Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907934-01-8.
• Becket, B (1988). Introduction to Cryptology. Blackwell Scientific Publications. … See more