User's Guide to Cryptography and StandardsWith the scope and frequency of attacks on valuable corporate data growing enormously in recent years, a solid understanding of cryptography is essential for computer/network security practitioners, systems designers, applications developers, and researchers. This timely book delivers the hands-on knowledge professionals need, offering comprehensive coverage on the latest and most-important standardized cryptographic techniques to help them protect their data and computing resources to the fullest. Rather than bogging professionals down with theory like other books on the market, this unique resource describes cryptography from an end-user perspective, presenting in-depth, highly practical comparisons of standards and techniques. Moreover, practitioners learn how to select standardized techniques that are most suitable for their specific needs. |
Contents
Standards and the Standardization Process | 9 |
Security Mechanisms and Security Services | 19 |
5 | 67 |
Copyright | |
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3GPP access control ANSI application asymmetric cryptography attacks authentication protocols biometric block cipher block cipher hash CBC-MAC CCM mode Chapter checks ciphertext Computer Science confidentiality contains crypto API cryptographic data string decryption defined described devices Diffie-Hellman digital signature schemes discussed electronic elliptic curve encryption algorithm Engineering Task Force entity authentication example GSS-API hash code IEEE IETF IETF RFC Information Technology-Security input integrity International Organization Internet Engineering Task ISO/IEC ITU-T ITU-T Recommendation Kerberos key establishment mechanism key management keying material keystream layer Lecture Notes M₁ MAC algorithm modes of operation modular arithmetic n-bit block NIST NIST FIPS non-repudiation nonces nonreversible Notes in Computer Organization for Standardization output padding method PKCS plaintext private key public key certificates Public Key Infrastructure recipient secret key Section security module security services Specification Springer-Verlag stream cipher techniques Technology-Open Systems Telecommunication TTP service valid verify