Practical CryptographySecurity 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. Written by Niels Ferguson, lead cryptographer for Counterpane, Bruce Schneier's security company, and Bruce Schneier himself, this is the much anticipated follow-up book to Schneier's seminal encyclopedic reference, Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (0-471-11709-9), which has sold more than 150,000 copies. Niels Ferguson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a cryptographic engineer and consultant at Counterpane Internet Security. He has extensive experience in the creation and design of security algorithms, protocols, and multinational security infrastructures. Previously, Ferguson was a cryptographer for DigiCash and CWI. At CWI he developed the first generation of off-line payment protocols. He has published numerous scientific papers. Bruce Schneier (Minneapolis, MN) is Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, a managed-security monitoring company. He is also the author of Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (0-471-25311-1). |
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algorithm Alice and Bob Alice's application attacker authentication birthday attack bits long bits of entropy block cipher block cipher mode bytes ciphertext clock collision compute cryptographic protocols cryptographic systems database decrypt DH parameters divisor easy encryption ensure entropy error example hash function HMAC implement input key management key negotiation protocol key server key size key stream large integer large number limit MAC function memory message number modular modulo multiple nonce operations output password plaintext prime private key PRNG problem public key random data random number requires reseed result revocation root certificate root key S-boxes secret key secure channel security level security system seed file session key signature simple single situation solution specifications standard subgroup techniques transaction trust Twofish UMAC verify wipe