chainedencryption
nounUK /tʃeɪnd ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/
US /tʃeɪnd ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/
A way of locking up secret messages where each part is locked using the part before it.
The program used chainedencryption to keep the whole file safe.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A method where the output of one encryption step becomes the input for the next.
Chainedencryption makes each block depend on the one before it.
3. A security technique that links data blocks so tampering with one breaks the chain.
Because of chainedencryption, changing one block ruined the whole message.
4. The process of applying encryption repeatedly in a connected sequence.
They added chainedencryption to strengthen the protection of the records.