Cryptography I knew very little about Cryptography when I began this assignment. What I did know came from my dealings with it in my hobbies. I knew it was a way to secure information that the information is not seen by the wrong eyes. By encoding information, society can take part in things such as electronic financial transactions, Online Purchasing, and electronic communication. I knew Many Operating systems used encryption such as M-4, R.S.A., and Triple D.E.S. to keep passwords and user informa¬ tion secure on the machine. I also knew that the most widely used was Data Encryption Standard or D.E.S. and it had just been cracked the summer be¬ fore by a man who built t