Right. Encryption is a lever; it permits you to use the secrecy of a small piece of data (the key) to secure a larger piece of data (the message). The security isn’t in the encryption math. It’s in the key storage and exchange mechanism.
*I stole this analogy from something I read recently, probably on HN.
Right. Encryption is a lever; it permits you to use the secrecy of a small piece of data (the key) to secure a larger piece of data (the message). The security isn’t in the encryption math. It’s in the key storage and exchange mechanism.
*I stole this analogy from something I read recently, probably on HN.