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Cipher, Plain Text, Cipher Text
- Cleartext is readable data transmitted or stored “in the clear” (i.e. unencrypted)
- Plaintext is the input to an encryption algorithm
- Ciphertext is the unreadable output of an encryption algorithm
- Plain text means its text that hasn’t been formatted (i.e., a plain text file)
- And clear text… well, this is just text that is easy to comprehend (added to be thorough)
- Something that is cleartext may be in plain text, could be used as plaintext, but definitely isn’t ciphertext.
- Something that is plaintext should be in plain text, could be cleartext, and will become ciphertext.
- Something that is ciphertext should be in plain text, could be used as plaintext, but definitely isn’t cleartext.
Additional Reading
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/transforming-a-plain-text-message-to-cipher-text/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciphertext
Suggested Video
Video #2: https://youtu.be/YqfAZbiZUEY