♥ ENCRYPTION ♥

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     In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information  using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information . In many contexts, the word encryption also implicitly refers to the reverse process, decryption (e.g. “software for encryption” can typically also perform decryption), to make the encrypted information readable again (i.e. to make it unencrypted).

ADVANTAGES

• the encryption process is simple
• each trading partner can use the same publicly known encryption algorithm - no need to develop and exchange secret algorithms
• security is dependent on the length of the key