This is an encryption/decryption key known only to the party or parties that exchange secret messages.

Related MCQs

• This is is the hiding of a secret message within an ordinary message and the extraction of it at its destination.
• This is the inclusion of a secret message in otherwise unencrypted text or images.
• This enables users of a basically unsecure public network such as the Internet to securely and privately exchange data and money through the use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtained and shared through a trusted authority.
• This is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services the computer provides.
• This is a mechanism for ensuring that only authorized users can copy or use specific software applications.