Abstract

In symmetric key cryptosystems, a common secret key is shared between transmitter and receiver. Symmetric key methods usually categorized as stream ciphers or block ciphers. DES (Data Encryption Standard) was used earlier which is replaced by AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and it is most widely used symmetric key method now days. Here in this paper, we review some characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of symmetric key cryptosystems.

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