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Definition of Ciphertext
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciphertext
Literary usage of Ciphertext
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defending Secrets, Sharing Data: New Locks and Keys for Electronic Information (1993)
"However, an error in one ECB ciphertext block will not affect the decryption of
other blocks, ... Time Plaintext DES input block DES output block ciphertext ..."
2. Trusted Network Interpretation of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation (1994)
"Reflecting this transformation, the sensitivity level of the ciphertext is generally
... It follows that cleartext and ciphertext are contained in different ..."
3. Cryptography & Privacy Sourcebook (1996): Documents on Wiretapping edited by David Banisar (1996)
"The key(s) required to decrypt the product's key escrow cryptographic functions'
ciphertext shall be accessible through a key escrow feature. 2. ..."
4. Microcomputer Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"The Data Encryption Standard specifies a cryptographic algorithm that converts
plaintext to ciphertext using a key, a process called encryption. ..."
5. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"That is, the person doing the encrypting can easily go back from the ciphertext
to the English message. This means that a third party can break the code if ..."
6. An Introduction to Computer Security: The Nist Handbook by Barbara Guttman (1995)
"Encryption transforms intelligible data, called plaintext,135 into an unintelligible
form, called ciphertext. This process is reversed through the process ..."
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