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Applied Cryptography

Applied Cryptography Author: Bruce Schneier Publisher: Wiley Published: 1996 Pages: 758

Applied Cryptography

Applied Cryptography Chapters

Applied Cryptography Chapters

1. Foundations
   • Terminology
   • Steganography
   • Substitution Cipher and Transposition Ciphers
   • Simple XOR
   • One-Time Pads
   • Computer Algorithms
   • Large Numbers
2. Protocol Building Blocks
   • Introduction to Protocols
   • Communication Using Symmetric Cryptography
   • One-Way Functions
   • One-Way Hash Functions
   • Communication Using Public-Key cryptography
   • Digital Signatures
   • Digital Singature with Encryption
   • Random and Pseudo-Random-Seqeunce Generation
3. Basic Protocols
   • Key Exchange
   • Authentication
   • Authentication and Key Exchange
   • Formal Analysis of Authentication and Key-Exchnage Protocols
   • Multiple-Key Public-Key Crytpography
   • Secret Splitting
   • Secret Sharing
   • Cryptographic Protection of Databases
4. Intermediate Protocols
   • Timestamping Services
   • Subliminal Channel
   • Undeniable Digital Signatures
   • Designated Confirmer Signatures
   • Proxy Signatures
   • Group Signatures
   • Fail-Stop Digital Signatures
   • Computing with Encrypted Data
   • Bit Commitment
   • Fair Coin Flips
   • Mental Poker
   • One-Way Accumulators
   • All-Or-Nothing Disclosure of Secrets
   • Key Escrow
5. Advanced Protocols
   • Zero-Knowledge Proofs
   • Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Identity
   • Blind Signatures
   • Identity-Based Public-Key Cryptography
   • Oblivious Transfer
   • Oblivious Signatures
   • Simultaneous Contract Signing
   • Digital Certified Mail
   • Simultaneous Exchange of Secrets
6. Esoteric Protocols
   • Secure Elections
   • Secure Multiparty Computation
   • Anonymous Message Broadcast
   • Digital Cash
7. Key Length
   • Symmetric Key Length
   • Public Key Length
   • Comparing Symmetric and Public Key Key Length
   • Brithday Attacks Against One-Way Hash Functions
   • How Long Should a Key Be?
   • Caveat Emptor
8. Key Management
   • Generating Keys
   • Nonlinear Keyspaces
   • Transferring Keys
   • Verifying Keys
   • Using Keys
   • Updating Keys
   • Storing Keys
   • Backup Keys
   • Compromised Keys
   • Lifetime of Keys
   • Destroying Keys
   • Public-Key Key Management
9. Algorithm Types and Modes
   • Electronics Codebook Mode
   • Block replay
   • Cipher Block Chaining Mode
   • Stream Ciphers
   • Self-Synchronizing Stream Ciphers
   • Cipher-Feedback Mode
   • Synchronous Stream Ciphers
   • Output-Feedback Mode
   • Counter Mode
   • Other Block-Cipher Modes
   • Choosing a Cipher Mode
   • Interleaving
   • Block Ciphers Versus Stream Ciphers
10. Using Algorithms
    • Choosing an Algorithm
    • Public-Key Cryptography Versus Symmetric Cryptography
    • Encrypting Communications Channels
    • Encrypting Data For Storage
    • Hardware Encryption Versus Software Encryption
    • Compression Encoding and Encryption
    • Detecting Encryption
    • Hiding Ciphertext in Ciphertext
    • Destroying Information
11. Mathematical Background
    • Information Theory
    • Complexity Theory
    • Number Theory
    • Factoring
    • Prime Number Generation
    • Discrete Logarithms In a Finite Field
12. Data Encryption Standard [DES]
    • Background
    • Description of DES
    • Security of DES
    • Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis
    • The Real Design Criteria
    • DES Variants
    • How Secure is DES Today?
13. Other Block Ciphers
    • Lucifer
    • Madryga
    • NewDES
    • FEAL
    • REDOC
    • LOKI
    • Khufu and Khafre
    • RC2
    • IDEA
    • MMB
    • CA-1.1
    • Skipjack
14. Still Other Block Ciphers
    • GOST
    • CAST
    • Blowfish
    • SAFER
    • 3-WAY
    • CRAB
    • SXAL8 / MBAL
    • RC5
    • Other Block Algorithms
    • Theory of Block Cipher Design
    • Using One Way Hash Functions
    • Choosing a Block Algorithm
15. Combining Block Ciphers
    • Double Encryption
    • Triple Encryption
    • Doubling the Block Length
    • Other Multiple Encryption Schemes
    • CDMF Key Shortening
    • Whitening
    • Cascading Multiple Block Algorithms
    • Combining Multiple Block Algorithms
16. Pseudo Random Sequence Generators and Stream Ciphers
    • Linear Congruential Generators
    • Linear Feedback Shift Registers
    • Design and Analysis of Stream Ciphers
    • Stream Ciphers Using LFSRs
    • A5
    • Hughes XPD/KPD
    • Nanoteq
    • Rambutan
    • Additvie Generators
    • Gifford
    • Algorithm M
    • PKZIP
17. Other Stream Ciphers and Real Random Sequence Generators
    • RC4
    • SEAL
    • WAKE
    • Feedback with Carry Shift Registers
    • Stream Ciphers Using FCSRs
    • Nonlinear-Feedback Shift Registers
    • Other Stream Ciphers
    • System-Theoretic Approach to Stream-Cipher Design
    • Complexity-Thematic Approach to Stream-Cipher Design
    • Other Approaches to Stream-Cipher Design
    • Cascading Multiple Stream Ciphers
    • Choosing a stream Cipher
    • Generating Multiple Stream from a Single Pseudo-Random-Sequence Generator
    • Real Random-Sequence Generators
18. One Way Hash Functions
    • Background
    • Snerfu
    • N-Hash
    • MD4
    • MD5
    • MD2
    • Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
    • RIPE-MD
    • HAVAL
    • Other One-Way Hash Functions
    • One-Way Hash Functions Using Symmetric Block Algorithms
    • Using Public-Key Algorithms
    • Choosing a One-Way Hash Function
    • Message Authentication Codes
19. Public Key Algorithms
    • Background
    • Knapsack Algorithms
    • RSA
    • Pohlig-Hellman
    • Rabin
    • ElGamal
    • McEliece
    • Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems
    • LUC
    • Finite Automaton Public-Key Cryptosystems
20. Public Key Digital Signature Algorithms
    • Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
    • DSA Variants
    • GOST Digital Signature Algorithm
    • Discrete Logarithm Signature Schemes
    • Ong-Schnorr-Shamir
    • ESIGN
    • Cellular Automata
    • Other Public-Key Algorithms
21. Identification Schemes
    • Feige-Fiat-Shamir
    • Guillou-Quisquater
    • Schnorr
    • Converting Identification Schemes to Signature Schemes
22. Key Exchange Algorithms
    • Diffie-Hellman
    • Station-to-Station Protocol
    • Shamir's Three-Pass Protocol
    • COMSET
    • Encrypted Key Exchange
    • Fortified Key Negotiation
    • Conference Key Distribution and Secret Broadcasting
23. Special Algorithms for Protocols
    • Multiple-Key Public-Key Cryptography
    • Secret Sharing Algorithms
    • Subliminal Channel
    • Undeniable Digital Signatures
    • Designated Confirmer Signatures
    • Computing with Encrypted Data
    • Fair Coin Flips
    • One-Way Accumulators
    • All-Or-Nothing Disclosure of Secrets
    • Fair and Failsafe Cryptosystems
    • Zero-Knowledge Proofs of Knowledge
    • Blind Signatures
    • Oblivious Transfer
    • Secure Multiparty Computation
    • Probabilistic Encryption
    • Quantum Cryptography
24. Example Implementations
    • IBM Secret-Key Management Protocol
    • MITRENET
    • ISDN
    • STU-III
    • Kerberos
    • KryptoKnight
    • SESAME
    • IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture
    • ISO Authentication Framework
    • Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM)
    • Message Security Protocol (MSP)
    • Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
    • Smart Cards
    • Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
    • Universal Electronics Payment Systems (UEPS)
    • Clipper
    • Capstone
    • AT&T Model 3600 Telephone Security Device (TSD)
25. Politics
    • National Security Agency (NSA)
    • National Computer Security Center (NCSC)
    • National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    • RSA Data Security Inc
    • Public Key Partners
    • International Association for Cryptographic Research (IACR)
    • RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation (RIPE)
    • Conditional Access for Europe (CAFE)
    • ISO/IEC 9979
    • Professional Civil Liberties and Industry Groups
    • Sci.crypt
    • Cypherpunks
    • Patents
    • U.S. Export rules
    • Foreign Import and Export of Cryptography
    • Legal Issues

Applied Cryptography Appendices

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