Chapter 6
Encryption Fundamentals
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:
Explain encryption concepts.
Describe the history of encryption and modern encryption methods.
Use some simple decryption techniques.
Introduction
Encryption is a vital part of any network security strategy. No matter how secure the network is, if the data is not encrypted at rest or during transmission, ...
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