View article

BACKGROUND

Many network applications send and receive data mes sages using an encryption scheme. As used herein, the term" encryption scheme'refers to a communication protocol that 15 incorporates an encryption algorithm, which enciphers and deciphers data. The original data processed by an encryption algorithm are referred to as “plain text'and the encrypted data produced by the encryption algorithm are referred to as “cipher text. Encryption schemes optionally include addi tional functionality. Such as authentication of encrypted mes