Kerckhoff's principle

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf security principle
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Kerckhoffs's_assumption
gptkb:Kerckhoffs's_desiderata
gptkbp:appliesTo cryptography
gptkbp:category information security
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Auguste_Kerckhoffs
1883
gptkbp:hasConcept System security should not depend on secrecy of the algorithm.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kerckhoff's principle
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Shannon's_maxim
gptkbp:opposedBy security through obscurity
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:La_Cryptographie_Militaire
gptkbp:relatedTo security through obscurity
gptkbp:state A cryptographic system should be secure even if everything about the system, except the key, is public knowledge.
gptkbp:usedIn modern cryptographic design
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kerckhoff_Ackerman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6