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Ciphertext


The encrypted form of a plaintext.


See also

Cipher, Plaintext

This entry contributed by Wiktor K. Macura

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References

Menezes, A. J.; van Oorschot, P.; and Vanstone, S. A. Handbook of Applied Cryptography. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.Schneier, B Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1996.

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Weisstein, Eric W., with contributions by Wiktor K. Macura. "Ciphertext." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Ciphertext.html

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