Fred is encrypting a message to a coworker that is full of gossip, so his encryption strength had better be good. What doesn’t Fred have to worry about when it comes to encryption strength?
Explanation
Answer: D - Fred does not have to worry about what the message is when being concerned with encryption strength. The strength of an encryption method comes from the algorithm, the secrecy of the key, the length of the key, the initialization, vectors, and how they all work together within the cryptosystem. When strength is discussed in encryption, it referrers to how hard it is to figure out the algorithm or key, whichever is not made public. Attempt to break a cryptosystem usually involve processing an amazing number of possible values in the hopes of finding the one value that can be used to decrypt a specific message. The strength of an encryption method correlates to the amount of necessary processing power, resources, and time required to break the cryptosystem or to figure out the value of the key.
