Secure Communication

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! When two entities are communicating with each other, and they do not want a third party to listen to their communication, then they want to pass on their message in such a way that no body else could understand their message. This is known as communicating in a secure manner or secure communication. Secure communication includes means by which people can share information with varying degrees of certainty that third parties cannot know what was said. Other than communication spoken face to face out of possibility of listening, it is probably safe to say that no communication is guaranteed secure in this sense, although practical limitations such as legislation, resources, technical issues (interception and encryption), and the sheer volume of communication are limiting factors to surveillance. The purpose of this article is to describe the various means by which security is sought and compromised, the differing kinds of security possible, and the current means and their degree of security readily available.... Mehr