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'''Decryption''' is:
'''Decryption''' is the process of [[decode|decoding]] [[encrypt]]ed [[information]] using a special [[code]] or [[key]].
 
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#"[t]he process of [[transform]]ing [[ciphertext]] into [[plaintext]]."<ref>NIST, Special Publication 800-67.</ref>
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#"[t]he process of changing [[ciphertext]] into [[plaintext]] using a [[cryptographic algorithm]] and [[key]]."<ref>NIST, Special Publication 800-21 (2d ed.).</ref>
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#"[[conversion|[c]onversion]] of [[ciphertext]] to [[plaintext]] through the use of a [[cryptographic algorithm]]."<ref>NIST, FIPS 185.</ref>
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== References ==
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<references />
   
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
   
 
* [[Encryption]]
 
* [[Encryption]]
 
 
[[Category:Encryption]]
 
[[Category:Encryption]]

Revision as of 23:32, 15 February 2010

Decryption is:

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

References

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

See also