Re: whats the difference between Encryption and Encoding ? or both are same ?
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Re: whats the difference between Encryption and Encoding ? or both are same ?

From: joes <joes@shos.com>
Date: Sun Oct 16 2005 - 20:50:04 CEST

Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:
>>Well both the term encoding and encryption are same...?
>
>
> Generally, encoding is merely an expression of information
> in different terms, while encryption also implies that the
> reexpression of the information is intended to be
> unintelligible to unauthorized parties. There is a lot of
> encoding going on in digital systems, but most of it is not
> intended to keep information secret.
>
>
Oh verry simple in German
Kodieren Dekodieren der Buchstabe "a" = "0x61" kodiert
Chiffrieren ist der Buchstabe "a" je nach chiffrierverfahren 0 ... 255.
Received on Mon Oct 17 20:48:28 2005