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Cryptographic Conundrums and Codes
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- 1. Abstract mapping used in coding theory or cryptographic transforms
- 2. Guarantee that denies denial of communication or transaction
- 3. Describes covert communications often used in secret channels
- 4. Rearranging elements to obscure original message
- 5. Term used metaphorically for a pivotal change in cryptanalysis
- 6. Entire range of possible keys in a cipher system
- 8. Linear cipher blending multiplication and addition
- 9. Distributed ledger enabling secure digital transactions
- 12. Science of encoding and decoding secret messages
- 15. Two-key cryptography involving public and private components
- 17. Relating to procedures used for encoding information
- 18. Classic cipher technique swapping units systematically
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- 7. Cipher using multiple alphabets to thwart frequency analysis
- 10. Technique to deliberately make communication unclear or hidden
- 11. Pertaining to a machine that famously encrypted WWII messages
- 13. Measure of unpredictability vital for cryptographic strength
- 14. Process generating fixed-size output from arbitrary input
- 16. Detection technique for hidden information within files
- 19. Cryptographic key shared equally between parties
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