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According to Kerckhoffs' Principle, what should cryptographic algorithms be robust enough to withstand?
According to Kerckhoffs' Principle, what should cryptographic algorithms be robust enough to withstand?
- Being known by the enemy
- Being unpredictable to the enemy
- Being obscure to the enemy
- Being broken by the enemy (correct)
Who restated Kerckhoffs' Principle as 'the enemy knows the system'?
Who restated Kerckhoffs' Principle as 'the enemy knows the system'?
- Kerckhoffs
- The enemy
- Claude Shannon (correct)
- The encryption expert
What is the opposite approach to 'security through obscurity'?
What is the opposite approach to 'security through obscurity'?
- Robustness through simplicity (correct)
- Robustness through transparency
- Robustness through complexity
- Robustness through efficiency