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What are weak ciphers?

The Enigma machine

A weak cipher refers to encryption algorithms that can be easily broken or decrypted, often due to outdated or flawed design. Some examples of weak ciphers include: DES (Data Encryption Standard) RSA with small key sizes (less than 2048-bit) MD5 and SHA-1 (hash functions) WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) It is recommended to use strong encryption […]