multi-cipherencryption
nounUK /ˌmʌltiˈsaɪfər ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/
US /ˌmʌltiˈsaɪfər ɛnˈkrɪpʃən/
A way of hiding a message by locking it with more than one secret code.
The app uses multi-cipherencryption so that even if one code is broken, the message stays safe.
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2. A security setup where different parts of the same data are protected by different ciphers.
The database relies on multi-cipherencryption, with each column scrambled by its own cipher.
3. The practice of applying several cipher algorithms in sequence to the same plaintext.
Engineers tested multi-cipherencryption by chaining three ciphers one after another.
4. A system that lets users choose among multiple ciphers for protecting their files.
The vault offers multi-cipherencryption, so you can pick AES, ChaCha20, or both.