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In [[cryptography]], '''format-transforming encryption''' (FTE) refers to encryption where the format of the input plaintext and output ciphertext are configurable. Descriptions of formats can vary, but are typically compact set descriptors, such as a [[regular expression]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Protocol Misidentification Made Easy with Format-Transforming Encryption |journal=Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer & Communications Securitybook |date=November 2013 |pagepages=61-7261–72 |doi=10.1145/2508859.2516657 |chapter-url=https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/494.pdf |language=EN |author1=Kevin P. Dyer |author2=Scott E. Coull |author3=Thomas Ristenpart |author4=Thomas Shrimpton |title=Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGSAC conference on Computer & communications security - CCS '13 |chapter=Protocol misidentification made easy with format-transforming encryption |isbn=9781450324779 |s2cid=526039 }}</ref>
Format-transforming encryption is closely related to, and a generalization of, [[format-preserving encryption]].
