Encryption

This lesson gives a brief introduction to encryption and the cryptographic key.

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Kerberos adds privacy (confidentiality) and integrity in communication between entities using the protocol through encryption and checksums. Let’s look at each a little closer.

Encryption

Casually speaking, encryption is a way to conceal information by altering it so that it appears to just be random data. In computing, unencrypted data is known as plaintext, and encrypted data is known as ciphertext. The methods used to encode and decode messages are called encryption algorithms or ciphers. Encryption takes readable data and alters it so that it appears random. Although encrypted data appears random, ...