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DES
- DES
- Data Encryption Standard. Algorithm
for secret-key cryptography (where both sender and receiver must know
the same secret key). DES uses a 56bit key to encrypt data to be
transmitted, the receiver uses the same key to decrypt the
data. Encrypted data cannot be decrypted without the key or brute
force attack methods, which may not be viable because of the time
required.
cf AEP.
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