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ciphertextData that has been encrypted for security purposes. See plaintext. ciphertext [′sī·fər‚tekst] (communications) A message which has been transformed by a cipher so that it can be read only by those privy to the secrets of the cipher.
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| 128 bit key length or longer) is utilized to convert clear data (plain text) into an unreadable form called ciphertext, which cannot be deciphered without the decryption key. For decryption, the ciphertext is the data block to be processed. The attacks are particularly alarming because they often require only known ciphertext, work even if timing measurements are somewhat inaccurate, are computationally easy, and are difficult to detect," Kocher says. |
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