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The avalanche effect is an undesirable property in cryptographic algorithms, true or false.


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Answer: False

The avalanche effect in cryptography is a concept correlated with the particular actions of mathematical functions used for encryption. One of the desirable properties of any encryption algorithm is known to be the avalanche effect. A small change in either the key or the plain-text could lead to a major change in the cipher-text. This feature is called the avalanche effect.

  • In the field of cryptography, as the input values change, the output value changes more drastically.
  • Cryptography algorithms are constructed in such a way that the output often changes drastically as the input changes.
  • Block cyphers and cryptographic hash functions are used in the algorithm. Inputs are provided in the form of block sequence, while when any input changes are made, the output that is obtained will also be in the form of blocks with changes.

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