Cryptography

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This ebook provides a quick summary of essential concepts of Cryptography by following snack sized chapters:





Introduction:



• Secret Writing

• Cryptography

• Historical usage

• Encryption

• Plain – Text and Cipher – Text

• Decryption

• Steganography

• Cryptanalysis





Symmetric Cryptography:



• Cryptography Methods

• Symmetric (Secret – Key) Encryption

• Block and Stream Ciphers

• Encryption Algorithms

• Data Encryption Standard (DES)

• Triple DES

• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

• International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA)

• Twofish

• Blowfish

• Rivest Cipher





Asymmetric Cryptography:



• Public-key cryptography

• Asymmetric (Public –Key) Encryption

• Secure Communications using Public-Key Cryptography

• Diffie–Hellman key exchange 

• Elliptic Curve Cryptography

• ElGamal encryption system

• RSA

• Key generation in RSA Algorithm





Public Key Infrastructure:



• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

• Certificate Authority (CA)

• Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

• Registration Authority

• Trust Models - Single/Hierarchical AND Web of Trust etc.





Digital Certificates and Signatures:



• Digital Certificates

• Digital Signatures

• X.509 digital certificate

• Structure of a X.509 digital certificate





Hash Algorithms:



• Hashing

• Cryptographic hash function

• Applications of Cryptographic hash function

• MD-5

• SHA

• SHA-1

• SHA-1 (160 bit message) Algorithm Framework

• SHA-2





Encrypted Communication:



• Introduction to Secure Communication

• Encryption of Data at Rest

• Encryption of Data in Transit

• SSH

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

• Transport Layer Security (TLS)

• Internet Protocol security (IPsec)

• The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)





Cryptographic attacks:



• Introduction

• Cryptographic Attack Methods

• Known Plaintext and Ciphertext-Only Attacks

• Chosen Plaintext and Chosen Ciphertext Attacks

• Adaptive Chosen Plaintext and Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext Attacks

• Replay Attack

• Man-in-the-middle Attack

• Brute Force Attack





Cryptography Terms:



• Cryptography Terms





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