Secure channel

In cryptography, and particularly in analytic or academic discussions of it, a secure channel is a method or technique assumed to provide means by which data can be transferred from one place or user to another without risk of interception or tampering.

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The analytic purpose is to presume something (the capability of such secure transfer) which does not bear directly on the instant discussion of, say, the cryptanalytic vulnerability of a new block cipher design or a new digital signature protocol proposal. It is a cryptographic term of art.

Related Topics:
Cryptanalytic - Block cipher - Digital signature - Protocol - Term of art

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