Encryption

Encryption

1. What does encryption do?

   • Encryption is a code to keep things safe and secure.
   • It creates a lock for people on the recieving end who don't have the key.

2. How do you encrypt a message?

   • To encrypt a message you need to create a code and people on the receving end need to know the key to decrypt a message.
   • To encrypt a message you need to use a cypher.

3. How do you decrypt a message?

   • To decrypt a message you need to have the key to decode the lock.
   • To decrypt a message you need to be smart to work out the coders/ encrypters key wheich will help find the details which they have hidden with the password.

4. When do we use encryption?

   • We use encryption when we need to send things to other people but we don't trust the deliverer.
   • We use encryption when we want to sent personal details to other people like when joining social websites or any website.

5. Firewall

   • A firewall creates a barrier against virus' and stops them invading your computer.

6. Anti-virus software

   • It blocks out all virus' and stops them invading your websites and files.