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"Encoding is designed to protect the integrity of data as it crosses networks and systems" What?
by Thaxll 13y ago
"Encoding is designed to protect the integrity of data as it crosses networks and systems"
What?
- ryansan 13y agoI thought the same thing when I read that. When I was thinking of "integrity" from a security perspective (as you might in an article like this) it didn't make sense. But when I thought of it more from a pure data transfer perspective between say a browser and the application it made more sense. I don't think he's saying that it's safe from mitm attacks. (At least, I hope not....)
- hackinthebochs 13y agoThink of integrity as fidelity. Encoding ensures that your information can be reconstructed accurately on the other end of a communications channel (whether that be the internet, to and from the hard drive, or even just to the person standing next to you).