RSA Security's Official Guide to Cryptography

1st Edition
0072192259 · 9780072192254
Want to keep your Web site safe? Learn how to implement cryptography, the most secure form of data encryption. Highly accessible, and packed with detailed case studies, this practical guide is written in conjunction with RSA Security--the most truste… Read More
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Chapter 1: Why Cryptography?

Chapter 2: Symmetric-Key Cryptography.

Chapter 3: Symmetric-Key Management.

Chapter 4: The Key Distribution Problem and Public-Key Cryptography.

Chapter 5: The Digital Signature.

Chapter 6: Public-Key Infrastructures and the X.509 Standard.

Chapter 7: Network and Transport Security Protocols.

Chapter 8: Application-Layer Security Protocols.

Chapter 9: Hardware Solutions: Overcoming Software Limitations.

Chapter 10: Digital Signatures: Beyond Security.

Chapter 11: Doing It Wrong: The Break-Ins.

Chapter 12: Doing It Right: Following Standards.

Appendix A: Bits, Bytes, Hex, and ASCII.

Appendix B: A Layman's Guide to a Subset of ASN.1, BER, and DER.

Appendix C: Further Technical Details.

Want to keep your Web site safe? Learn how to implement cryptography, the most secure form of data encryption. Highly accessible, and packed with detailed case studies, this practical guide is written in conjunction with RSA Security--the most trusted name in e-security(tm). Part of the RSA Press Series.