In any cryptographic system, the key components are: the secret, the function, the key and the _______.
In any cryptographic system, the key components are: the secret, the function, the key and the _______.
In a cryptographic system, the key components generally include the secret (plaintext), the function (algorithm), the key (encryption key), and the cipher (ciphertext). The cipher is the outcome of the encryption process where the plaintext is transformed into an unreadable format using the key and algorithm.
Answer is A
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