Encryption Solutions with Noise Sources

As data travels over a communications network, its safety and security must be assured while in transit. Without protection, unauthorized parties can gain access to confidential information. Encryption is a process that safeguards sensitive data along a communications pathway, ensuring it is received by only the intended recipient. This process involves encrypting data before transmission, so it appears unintelligible to would-be interceptors, while the authorized recipient safely decrypts the data upon arrival.

Encryption systems typically use an algorithmically generated, pseudo-random sequence to encode and decode data. The pseudo-random key masks data from network eavesdroppers as well as enables the receiver to decipher the contents. Interception is possible without possessing the specific key; however, this feat demands vast computational resources. While keys are sufficient for various encryption use cases, they are not produced by genuinely random processes and theoretically repeat. Furthermore, complicated encryption algorithms can increase system inefficiency and resource investments.