link encryption; link-by-link encipherment
Technical computing term for encrypting data on each link of a network path, as opposed to end-to-end encryption.
Link encryption protects data at each relay point in the network.
このプロトコルはリンク暗号化を採用している。
This protocol employs link encryption.
Compound of リンク (link) and 暗号化 (encryption). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage.