Algorithm Types

• Confidentiality
  • Block Ciphers: we encrypt several plaintext symbols at once in a block
  • Stream Ciphers: the encryption rule depends on a plaintext symbol's position in the stream of plaintext symbols.
• Authenticity and non repudiation:
  • Hash Functions
  • Digital Signatures

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