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Kerckhoffs's principle
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English
Etymology
en Dutch linguist cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs = 1835 1903.
Proper noun
en cryptography The idea that a cryptosystem should be designed to be secure, even if everything about the system, except the secret key, is public knowledge.
en security through obscurity
See also
en Shannon's maxim