Three-Pass Protocol Concept in Hill Cipher Encryption Technique

Andysah Putera Utama Siahaan

Abstract: Hill Cipher Encryption technique has a square matrix in its calculation. The ciphertext resulted is obtained from the matrix multiplication between plaintext and key. The reality is the sender must send or tell the receiver the key used to encrypt the data before the receiver can decode the ciphertext into the legible message. The listener is able to read the key that flows to the receiver. By knowing the key, the listener will absolutely break the ciphertext and turn into plaintext. Three-Pass Protocol is a way to limit the key being distributed. The sender and receiver have their own keys in hand. They do not need to share each other. This method will improve the security.

Keywords: Cryptography, Three-Pass Protocol, Hill Cipher, Encryption, Decryption