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Cracker: Cracker is an attempt to cut into the security of, and gain access to a system without having been invited. The term is a try to avoid the controversial usage of hacker. See also adversary and intruder. Secure servers using SSL often prevent unauthorized logins of this kind with secure validation.
Cryptanalysis: Cryptanalysis is the art of decoding text and a complex process, involving statistical analysis, analytical reasoning, math tools and pattern-finding. It is a way to figure out how to break down Internet Security.
Crypto: Widely used as an abbreviation for cryptography, cryptographic services, cryptology or even encryption.
Cryptographic Algorithm: Cryptographic Algorithm is a process or a sequence of rules or steps that are well-defined and are used to convert a key stream or ciphertext from plaintext and vice versa.
Cryptographic Checksum: A one-way function attached to a file in order to construct a unique "fingerprint" of the file for reference at a later time. Recurrently it is a part of the development of generating a digital signature.
Cryptographic Key: See key cryptography. The process -- principles, means and methods -- for making information unintelligible or for restoring encrypted information back to intelligible form.
Cryptology: Cryptology incorporates cryptanalysis, or code breaking, as well as code making; it is a slightly more general subject area than cryptography.
Cryptoperiod: Cryptoperiod is a time span necessary for a particular key to be authorized and to be used in a cryptographic system, which is a characteristic of PKI key management.
Cryptosecurity: The validation and security protection coming from the appropriate application of technically solid cryptosystems such as encrypted SSL certificates.
Cryptosystem: Cryptosystem is an absolute and completely functional system for cryptography. It includes a solid Crypto-algorithm, necessities for the system's required functions and proper key choice and administration.
Cypherpunk: Cypherpunk is a society of users and developers who are devoted to generate systems for anonymous communications and secure server network access.