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Encryption

Encryption. By Jepte Vergara – Benitez Bowdoin Science Experience . Question:. How does the process of encryption protect online private conversations from unwanted others?. Encryption/Decryption . Plain text: Understandable words for humans.

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Encryption

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  1. Encryption • By • JepteVergara – Benitez • Bowdoin Science Experience

  2. Question: • How does the process of encryption protect online private conversations from unwanted others?

  3. Encryption/Decryption • Plain text: Understandable words for humans. • Cypher Text: Language that only machines can understand. • Encryption transforms plain text (confidential information) into cypher text. • Important for users to share encryption and decryption key (shared-key crypto systems)

  4. Encryption Software Diagram Encryption Engine Hello! Encryption Key • py (Plain Text) Spy Billy 67789HG7HJGHJ (Cypher Text) Decryption Key Decryption Engine Hello! Valerie

  5. Sources •F-Secure Corporation. "Terminology." How To. F-Secure Corporation, n.d. Web. 23 Aug. 2012. <http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/terminology-e>. •Goodrich, Michael T., and Roberto Tamassia. "Introduction." Introduction to Computer Security. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2011. 25-30. Print. •Houghton Mifflin Company. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Print. •Microsoft, Inc. "How to Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP." How to Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP. Microsoft, Inc., 14 July 2004. Web. 22 Aug. 2012. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308989>. •Personal Communications, Professor Oliveira from Bowdoin College

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