An encryption system (1) and a method for encrypting and decrypting
sensitive data during a data interchange between at least two electronic
appliances communicating with one another. The encryption system (1) has
a data stream module (2) for providing a synchronous data stream as raw
material for key generation, a data module (5) for preparing the data for
the encryption/decryption, a key generator (6) to which an agreed
information portion of the data stream from the data stream module (2) is
supplied, an encryption/decryption unit (7) which is connected to the
data module (5) and to the key generator (6) and which encrypts/decrypts
the sensitive data using a keyword, and an output unit (7) for forwarding
the encrypted/decrypted data, the key generator (6) taking the data
stream supplied to it and producing a respective keyword for each message
which is to be encrypted/decrypted simultaneously on the appliances
communicating with one another.