Kerckhoffs' Principle/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Kerckhoffs' Principle.

The principle, formulated by Auguste Kerckhoffs, that security in a cipher should not depend on keeping the details of the cipher secret; it should depend only on keeping the key secret.

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