Symmetric Key Encryption

• Note: Encryption and Decryption often are Reversible

  • Usually, encrypt to get ciphertext and then decrypt to restore the plaintext
  • Some algorithms also can decrypt to get ciphertext and encrypt to restore plaintext
  • Both approaches transform the plaintext into ciphertext to give confidentiality (privacy), then unscramble the ciphertext back to the original plaintext

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