3CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY
Cryptographic definitions of security are not the same as those that apply to general computer security. The main difference between software security and cryptographic security is that the latter can be quantified. Unlike in the software world, where applications are usually seen as either secure or insecure, in the cryptographic world it’s often possible to calculate the amount of effort required to break a cryptographic algorithm. Also, whereas software security focuses on preventing attackers from abusing a program’s code, the goal of cryptographic security is to make well-defined problems impossible to solve.
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