Kerckhoffs’ Principle

Cryptographic system should be secure even if everything except the key is in public. We can reduce attack vectors this way.

“The security of a cryptosystem must not depend on keeping secret the crypto-algorithm. The security depends only on keeping secret the key.”
The Code Book - Simon Singh

Tags

mental-models

Date

March 18, 2023

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