Description
Book SynopsisSecurity is the number one concern for businesses worldwide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography because it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information.
Table of ContentsPreface.
1. Our Design Philosophy.
2. The Context of Cryptography.
3. Introduction to Cryptography.
I Message Security.
4. Block Ciphers.
5. Block Cipher Modes.
6. Hash Functions.
7. Message Authentication Codes.
8. The Secure Channel.
9. Implementation. Issues (I).
II Key Negotiation.
10. Generating Randomness.
11. Primes.
12. Diffie-Hellman.
13. RSA.
14. Introduction to Cryptographic Protocols.
15. Negotiation Protocol.
16. Implementation Issues.
III Key Management.
17. The Clock.
18. Key Servers.
19. The Dream of PKI.
20. PKI Reality.
21. PKI Practicalities.
22. Storing Secrets.
IV Miscellaneous.
23. Standards.
24. Patents.
25. Involving Experts.
Acknowledgments.
Bibliography.
Index.
