This document discusses conventional encryption principles and algorithms. It covers the following key points: 1) Conventional encryption uses an encryption algorithm, secret key, and decryption algorithm to encrypt plaintext into ciphertext and decrypt ciphertext back to plaintext. The security depends on keeping the key secret, not the algorithm. 2) Common symmetric encryption algorithms discussed include DES, Triple DES, Blowfish, RC5, and CAST-128. Key sizes and number of rounds are important parameters for security. 3) Modes of operation like cipher block chaining are used to encrypt blocks of plaintext. Encryption can be done at the link level, end-to-end, or both for added security. 4)