The term cryptography comes from the Greek words CRYPTOS which means hidden and GRAPHO which

means information'. It is a process of making and using codes to secure transmission of information.

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Trusted Third Party

MSG

secure Messag e

Information Channel

Secure Messag e

MSG

(Secret Information) Information)

(Opponent)

(Secret

There will be a perfect security to the secret writing.

There will be hacking problems, i.e., There is a

problem to secret writing.

The importance of cryptography is its applications in many advanced technologies as ATM BANKING COMPUTER PASSWORDS ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Cryptography is a powerful tool to provide sophisticated approach to security