The Securius Newsletter Cool security stuff. This is version 0.1 of our Encryption FAQ document. As we get more questions, we'll include more answers. Cryptography is the art and science of keeping files and messages secure.
Decryption involves turning the ciphertext back into plaintext.
The mathematical function used for encryption and decryption is called a cryptographic algorithm or cipher . The short answer is no. No cipher is unbreakable. Even the best algorithms are susceptible to brute-force attacks. An encryption method that uses different keys for encryption and decryption.