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How Encryption Works

5 February 2009 665 views No Comment

HowStuffWorks has a good overview of what encryption is and how it works. It talks about symmetric key methods which are known to go back to Julius Caesar, and continues on to modern electronic encryption. If you want to get a basic idea of what encryption is and how it works, this is a good place to start.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/encryption.htm

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