Line encryption
Under line encryption or Point-to-Point Encryption (English point-to-point encryption , P2PE) is the encryption of the network connection between two devices in a computer network . This offers security against eavesdropping on the data lines , but if encrypted lines are connected in series, all intermediate stations on the way between two terminals have access to the plain text of the message.
The counterpart to line encryption is end-to-end encryption , in which a message is encrypted and decrypted by the end devices and is thus protected against eavesdropping by intermediate stations on the transmission path.
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony (Ed.): Encryption . 2000, p. 4 ( niedersachsen.de ).