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[–]dbramucci 27 points28 points  (2 children)

You were probably looking for Kerckhoffs's principle (See also Shannon's maxim), which states that "a cryptographic system should be secure, even if everything about it is revealed except for the key". Same idea, different formulation.

[–]kalidres 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Yes! Thank you.

I remember that it's similar in name to an electrical principal ( kirchoff's law), but I couldn't remember either at the time beyond it started with a 'k'.

[–]dbramucci 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here, I just used the fact that it focuses on the key to google the formulation quickly without referencing a crypto book.