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Sep 22, 2020 · Information Security

Understanding Cryptography: From Basics to Symmetric & Asymmetric Ciphers

This article introduces the fundamentals of cryptography, explaining what passwords are, the difference between encryption and decryption, classifications of cryptographic algorithms such as symmetric, asymmetric, hash functions, and message authentication, and illustrates concepts with examples like RC4 and block cipher modes.