====== Ciphertext ======
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**Ciphertext** is Data in its encrypted form
((
Elaine Barker,
NIST,
__Recommendation for Key Management: Part 1 - General__,
NIST Special Publication 800-57 Part 1, Revision 5,
May 2020,
Accessed 18 January 2022,
[[https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-57pt1r5.pdf]]
)).


**Ciphertext** is encrypted text transformed from [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:plaintext]] using an [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:cryptographic_algorithm]]. 

**Ciphertext** can not be read until it has been converted into Plaintext (using [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:decryption]]) with a key. The decryption cipher is an algorithm that transforms the **Ciphertext** back into Plaintext.

The term [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:cipher]] is sometimes used as a synonym for **Ciphertext**. However, it refers to the method of encryption rather than the result.

Source: [[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/ciphertext ]]


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