ICS 54: Brief Notes on Encryption and Security

Functions of Encryption

• Confidentiality
• Authentication
• Integrity
• Nonrepudiation

References:

TechWeb: Cryptography

(Secret Key vs Public Key Picture):
   Secret-Single-Symmetric vs. PublicPrivatePair-Asymmetric
Digital Certificate and Certificate Authorities (CA).
Message Digest
Digital Signature (Picture)
Diffie-Hellman
RSA

ZDNet Webopedia: Security

Authentication, Authorization, Cryptography, Encryption, Firewall, Kerberos, RSA, Sniffer.
Also, Digital Certificate, Certificate Authority, Digital Signature, Public Key Encryption.

History of Public-Key Cryptography

New York Times Coverage of Encryption

References on Cryptography

• Quadralay Cryptography Archive -- (Comprehensive)
• Beginners' Guide to Cryptography from murky.org. -- (Basic)
• How PGP Works from PGP International -- (Basic and focused/limited)
• Cryptography A-2-Z from SSH Tech Corner -- (Moderate)
• Cryptography FAQ from RSA -- (Solid/Stiff)
• Cryptography for encryption, signatures and authentication from First Principles Consulting, Australia -- (Intense)
• Digital Signature Guidelines -- (Legally Oriented)

Organizations

• SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Insitute
• CERT Coordination Center

Web Security: A Matter of Trust,

World Wide Web Journal: Volume 2, Issue 3, 1997.
Available in print from O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-329-4.

W3C Security Resources

The WWW Security FAQ

Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 2nd Edition,

by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-148-8.

Matt Bishop (UC Davis Computer Science)