Across
- 4. the time interval allowed to elapse before an acknowledgement is received.
- 6. a type of encryption in which the same encryption key is used both to encrypt and decrypt a message.
- 8. a device that enables data packets to be moved between different networks.
- 9. stages in a network that can receive and transmit data packets; routers are nodes in communication networks.
Down
- 1. another name for a hacker who intercepts data being transmitted on a wired or wireless network.
- 2. data that can be sent in one direction only.
- 3. a type of encryption key that is known to all users.
- 5. the original text/message before it is put through an encryption algorithm.
- 6. data that arrives at the destination with the bits no longer synchronized.
- 7. the actual data being carried in a data packet