ABSTRACT
In cryptography, the development of cryptographic techniques is inspired by what is called Kerckhoff’s principle. This concept holds that almost all information about the cryptographic method should be revealed to the public, except for one component—the so-called key to the encryption. This long-established and reliable principle—also reestablished for the modern electronic era by Claude Shannon—is based on the concept that if we simply hid the cryptographic method, as soon as it was breached or obtained by bribery or other such means, the system would be compromised.
