Enciphering/deciphering method and arrangement for performing the method
CA 1291801 C · Owner: N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken · Inventors: Jansen, Cornelis J.A.
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Enciphering/deciphering method and arrangement for performing the method.", The invention relates to a method of enciphering information-containing digital data signals with the aid of enciphering keys and of deciphering a message thus enciphered, utilizing the same key. For usages in which high demands are made on the quality of enciphering the conventional method - the EX-OR adding together of clear text and key text on a bit basis - has shortcomings. The invention has for its object to provide a very reliable method with which furthermore the propagation of errors caused by any transmission errors is prevented. This is accomplished in that the (clear) text characters to be enciphered are …
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- Granted November 5, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 5, 2008.
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