Kerckhoff's Principle says that it should be assumed of a cryptosystem that an attacker knows.. the key and the encryption / decryption algorithms the key but not the encryption / decryption algorithms not the key but the encryption / decryption algorithms not the key and not the encryption / decryption algorithms

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Kerckhoff's Principle says that it should be assumed of a cryptosystem that an attacker knows...
the key and the encryption / decryption algorithms
the key but not the encryption / decryption algorithms
not the key but the encryption / decryption algorithms
not the key and not the encryption / decryption algorithms
Transcribed Image Text:Kerckhoff's Principle says that it should be assumed of a cryptosystem that an attacker knows... the key and the encryption / decryption algorithms the key but not the encryption / decryption algorithms not the key but the encryption / decryption algorithms not the key and not the encryption / decryption algorithms
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Kerckhoff's principle states that " A cryptosystem should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key is public knowledge."

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