cryptographic

Relating to cryptography: the mathematics of keeping information secret from everyone but its intended reader, and of proving who sent it. Here, the machinery of trust — authentication standards that let critical systems verify who is giving the orders, by proof rather than by authority.

In theory, these should not be difficult problems to solve through cryptographic authentication standards; but not all countries and peoples are equally prepared from a standpoint of technical knowledge and resources.

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