Encryption, as a form of security, has been tested in several ways by hackers or people who are curious to see how different algorithms can be broken. The most commonly faced challenges are as follows:
- Brute force: The most commonly used method to break encryption is brute force. This is where different key combinations are tried until the right key is found. Brute force is able to break most encryption algorithms but the main issue is the time that has to be taken for that to happen. Most of the encryption algorithms used today will take millions of years to break. The length of a key is also a major determinant of the time that can be taken to break it. The longer the key, the more time it can take. However, there is a limit to the key size due to limitations in computation resources. A very long key would take so much time to encrypt and decrypt that...