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decrypt
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decrypt
To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography.
decrypt [dē′kript]
(electronics)
To convert a crypotogram or series of electronic pulses into plain text by electronic means.


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This means that any mechanism (FPE or other) must protect against attacker access to the encrypt/decrypt function; otherwise, an attacker can simply start asking for decryptions of arbitrary data and potentially get a dangerous amount of PII data.
File locations may also provide information about the value decryptions provide.
Furthermore, from intercepted decryptions, the United States knew about the collaboration between Germany and Japan but not the exact extent.
 
 
 
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