Cryptology: cryptosystem

Abstract

The topic of Cryptology, although new in the field of mathematics, has been at the forefront of developments in the mathematics arena. It is important to understand how cryptology is constituted and what the role of the cryptosystem within cryptology is. It is argued that the cryptosystem together with the development of different ciphers help to build a better understanding of cryptology. Important for this is to understand how the cryptosystem is constituted within cryptology. The role and position of the cipher key is explored and is further espoused by way of an example using the rule, , as a cipher key.