초암호화

초암호화(Superencipherment, Multi Encryption)는 암호화 과정중 하나로, 암호화를 거친 암호문을 한번 혹은 여러번 치환이나 변환을 하는 것이다. 초암호화를 하는 암호 알고리즘은 처음 암호문과 같은 암호 알고리즘일수도 있으며, 다른 암호 알고리즘일수도 있다. 이렇게 초암호화 단계에서 해독 된 것을 가리켜 플라코드(Placode), 초암호화에서 변형된 것을 엔시코드(encicode)라고 불린다.

더 보기

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