Before we move into the meat of this article, let’s define a couple terms related to cryptography. The syllable crypt may make you think of tombs, but it comes from a Greek word that means “hidden” or ...

Cryptography secures digital data using algorithms, essential in private secure communications. Cryptos use cryptographic methods like asymmetric encryption and hash functions for transactions.

RC6, a cryptographic algorithm, is specified as RC6-w/r/b, where w is word size, r is the number of rounds and b is the length of encryption key in bytes. RC6 is the successor to RC5. It is one of the ...