Decryption

Definitions Edit

Decryption is:

1. "[t]he process of transforming ciphertext into plaintext."^[1]
2. "[t]he process of changing ciphertext into plaintext using a cryptographic algorithm and key."^[2]
3. "[c]onversion of ciphertext to plaintext through the use of a cryptographic algorithm."^[3]

References Edit

1. ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-67.
2. ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-21 (2d ed.).
3. ↑ NIST, FIPS 185.

See also Edit

• Decipher
• Decipherable
• Decipherment
• Decrypt
• Decryption algorithm
• Decryption key
• Encryption