Cryptosystems

• Nothing to do with SEX!

• Everything to do with security.

• A cryptosystem is a cryptographic algorithm,

  • the key or password management
  • the environment
  • the network
  • the protocol
  • the people
  • everything else

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In case you hadn’t guessed, the SEX was to make you pay attention.

Sometimes cryptosystems are referred to as Cryptographic Protocols, but I find this confusing and sometimes too restrictive.