Links, CPSC 669, Winter 2017

Links

Cryptographic Organizations (with online publication access) International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) homepage Includes eprint archive. Accociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) homepage Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) homepage Springer Verlag website, including CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, etc. conference proceedings Standards Bodies National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) IEEE Standards Association The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Speicific Standards and Algorithms Pages NIST Cryptographic Toolkit (FIPS specs of various cryptographic standards) Includes DES, AES, SHA-1, SHA-3, CMAC, HMAC, DSS, and many others Specification and reference implementation of SHA-1 Reference document for Keccak IETF RFC documents IETF Security Area IETF TLS Homepage Cryptography Products and Companies RSA Laboratories Homepage (research and standards) Includes PKCS standards specs Certicom Verisign Kerberos Cryptography Tools and Websites GnuPG (GNU open-source PGP) Enigmail (PGP plugin for Mozilla) OpenSSH OpenSSL Apple developer connection documentation on EVP Apple developer connection documentation on the Openssl BIGNUM library (multiprecision integer arithmetic) Tutorial on encryption using libcrypto e-mail lists Bruce Schneier's CRYPTOGRAM newsletter (monthly) SANS newsletters (NewsBytes, Ouch!!!, PrivacyBits, etc...) SecurityFocus newsletters (BugTraq, SecurityFocus News, etc.) Multiprecision Integer Arithmetic Packages GMP homepage NTL number-theory library homepage Other References Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Menezes, van Oorschot, and Vanstone is freely-available online. This is a comprehensive reference of many basic cryptographic primitives. Introduction to Modern Cryptography by J. Katz and Y. Lindell (Chapman & Hall/CRC 2008) - good textbook covering cryptography from a modern perspective. Mathematical Recreations and Essays by W. W. Rouse Ball. This is a free e-book. Chapter 11 (written by A. Sinkov) is an excellent survey of classical ciphers. Security Engineering by R. Anderson is a good reference on applying cryptography and security techniques in practice. Codes and Ciphers in WWII Another Look at "Provable Security" (N. Koblitz and A.J. Menezes) Another Look at "Provable Security," II (N. Koblitz and A.J. Menezes) Why Cryptosystems Fail (R. Anderson)