2006-06-09 00:28:22 · 4 answers · asked by LILIT m 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext in order to prevent anyone except the intended recipient from reading that data. There are many types of data encryption, and they are the basis of network security. Common types include Data Encryption Standard and public-key encryption.
2006-06-09 00:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by sks 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a nutshell, encryption is the mathematical process of scrambling data in such a way that it can only be unscrambled by someone who has the encryption key.
2006-06-09 07:33:57 · answer #2 · answered by emmittnervend 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think data encrption is converting the data into another unreadable sort of font or data type wateveru say.....dis is usually done by p'ple who hv very sensitive document wid dem.....dey get a data encryptor system n ne such sensitive data is not saved directly but it is saved after encrypting it so dat nobody understands it........................with this encrptor comes a decryptor
2006-06-09 07:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by tamygurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip46-2.htm
please click the above link to know in detail.
2006-06-09 08:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋