Some Terms and Ideas

• A cryptographer is a person who uses cryptography in an official capacity.
• A cryptanalyst studies encryption, attempting to decode messages.
• Cryptology is the study of encryption and decryption.
• An encryption algorithm is breakable when given enough time and data an analyst can determine the algorithm.
• Most cipher systems are breakable given infinite time and money
  • And creative thinkers can often reduce the search space.
  • Ie start with a reasonable assumption.
• The difficulty of breaking a cipher is called the work factor.
  • The idea is to have the work factor cost more than the value of the data the cipher system is protecting.
• They point out that there are no rules in breaking codes.
• Prove your cops, break this