C&W
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C&W is a cryptographic technique known as chaffing and winnowing, which provides data confidentiality without traditional encryption by mixing authentic data with bogus data and using authentication tags to separate them.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chaffing and winnowing
ⓘ
cryptographic technique ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | chaffing and winnowing ⓘ |
| achievesConfidentialityBy | mixing authentic data with bogus data ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | chaffing & winnowing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
cryptography
ⓘ
information security ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | conventional encryption schemes ⓘ |
| designGoal |
avoid legal restrictions on encryption
ⓘ
provide confidentiality using authentication only ⓘ |
| doesNotUse | traditional encryption ⓘ |
| hasFullName | chaffing and winnowing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Ronald L. Rivest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | attach valid MACs to some packets and invalid or random MACs to others ⓘ |
| operatesOn | packetized data ⓘ |
| property | provides confidentiality without encryption ⓘ |
| provides | data confidentiality ⓘ |
| publishedAtConference | Information Hiding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Lecture Notes in Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receiverAction | discard packets with invalid authentication tags ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
information hiding
ⓘ
steganography ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
data privacy
ⓘ
secure communication ⓘ |
| reliesOn | separating authentic data from bogus data using authentication tags ⓘ |
| requires | shared secret key between sender and receiver ⓘ |
| securityDependsOn | unforgeability of message authentication codes ⓘ |
| uses |
authentication tags
ⓘ
message authentication codes ⓘ |
| yearProposed | 1998 ⓘ |
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