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Match the cryptographic term

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Plaintext
    Right
    Data that has not been encrypted
  2. Left
    Decryption
    Right
    Turning ciphertext back to plaintext
  3. Left
    Hash value
    Right
    Also called a message digest
  4. Left
    Key pair
    Right
    A public key and its private key
  5. Left
    MAC
    Right
    A keyed checksum detecting any change
  6. Left
    Mode
    Right
    Wraps a block cipher into a service
Instructions
Match each term on the left to its meaning.

Explanation

_Source: NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1, 'Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government'_
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