Elementary Information Security, 3rd Edition

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Important Terms Introduced

• algorithm

• Caesar cipher

• cipher

• ciphertext

• code

• cryptananlysis

• cryptography

• cryptology

• decrypt

• encryption

• fair use

• key stream

• modular arithmetic

• one-time pad

• overwrite

• plaintext

• rotor machine

• secret key

• stream cipher

• substitution

• symmetric encryption

• transposition

• Vigenére cipher

Abbreviations Introduced

• 3DES—Triple Data Encryption Standard

• AES—Advanced Encryption Standard

• CAST—Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares, creators of the CAST encryption algorithm

• CIA—Central Intelligence Agency

• crypto—cryptology/cryptography

• DVD-CSS—DVD Content Scrambling System

• PGP—Pretty Good Privacy

• PKZIP—Phil Katz’s “zip” compression program

• RC4—Rivest’s Cipher 4

• RC6—Rivest’s Cipher 6

• xor (⊕)—exclusive or