Category Archives: Cryptography

Theory and Practice of Cryptography Video

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

If you are interested in cryptography, there is very good YouTube video: Theory and Practice of Cryptography. You’ll need one hour of time to watch it. Topics include: Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Using Cryptography in Practice and at Google, Proofs of Security … Continue reading →

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Handbook of Applied Cryptography Online Free

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

  The Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone is available online – legitimately. This is a good book, and well worth downloading. I also would recommend Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier … Continue reading →

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Bad Design or Backdoor for NSA

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

A recent paper found a flaw in the Windows 2000 random-number generator. Another paper found flaws in the Linux random-number generator. Back in 1996, an early version of SSL was broken because of flaws in its random-number generator. Bruce Schneier … Continue reading →

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Mathematicians and Cryptographers

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Neal Koblitz published paper “The Uneasy Relationship Between Mathematics and Cryptography” at Notices of the American Mathematical Society. This article has been commented on Bruce Schneier’s blog on security and rebuttals came from Oded Goldreich, Hugo Krawczyk, Jonathan Katz, Luca … Continue reading →

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1624 Cryptography Book – Auction

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Here: Rare 17th Century work on Cryptography. Title: Cryptomenytices et cryptographiae libri IX. In quibus & planissima Steganographiae à Johanne Trithemio, abbate Spanheymensi & Herbipolensi, admirandi ingenij viro, magicè & aenigmaticè olim conscriptae, enodatio traditur. Inspersis ubiquè authoris ac aliorum, … Continue reading →

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NSA Pushes Elliptic-Curve Cryptography to Secure Small Devices and Lend Support to Interoperable Communication Networks

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Although the cryptographic security standards used in public-key infrastructures, RSA and Diffie-Hellman, have not been cracked, they were introduced in the 1970s and there is growing concern that the standards may soon be outdated. Consequently, the National Security Agency wants … Continue reading →

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PKI Enhancements in Windows

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Windows has included strong, platform-wide support for public key infrastructure (PKI) since the release of Windows 2000. That release included the first native certificate-authority capability, introduced auto-enrollment, and provided support for smart-card authentication. In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, … Continue reading →

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Encryption: Security Considerations for Portable Media Devices

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

IEEE Security and Privacy, issue July/August 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 4), has interesting article Encryption: Security Considerations for Portable Media Devices (subscription required). Abstract With the proliferation of removable media devices, such as iPods and USB drives, large amounts of an … Continue reading →

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SDL Crypto Code Review Macro

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Michael Howard’s talks about SDL Crypto Code Review at his blog. He says: When I review code for security bugs I basically do the following: 1) Run static analysis tools and compile with /W4 to see which source code files … Continue reading →

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DNA-Based Watermarks Using the DNA-Crypt Algorithm

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Dragan Pleskonjic

Actually this is not cryptography, despite the name, but it’s interesting:  BioMed Central | Abstract | 1471-2105-8-176 | DNA-based watermarks using the DNA-Crypt algorithm Read the complete article, available as a provisional PDF, here.

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