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One-Way Encryption

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Irreversible transformation of plaintext to cipher text, such that the plaintext cannot be recovered from the cipher text by other than exhaustive procedures even if the cryptographic key is known.

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One-Way Encryptions
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One-Way Encryption's
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One-Way Encryptions'

Framework definitions

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Irreversible transformation of plaintext to cipher text, such that the plaintext cannot be recovered from the cipher text by other than exhaustive procedures even if the cryptographic key is known.

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