Message Encryption message encryption by itself also provides a measure of authentication if symmetric encryption is used then receiver know sender must have created it since only sender and receiver now key used know content cannot of been altered if message has suitable structure, redundancy or a checksum to detect any changes 復大软件学院10 Message Encryption • message encryption by itself also provides a measure of authentication • if symmetric encryption is used then: – receiver know sender must have created it – since only sender and receiver now key used – know content cannot of been altered – if message has suitable structure, redundancy or a checksum to detect any changes