Cryptography Information

The links on this page form a growing library of information on cryptographic subjects. I've collected them during the course of my research into strong encryption and cryptographic mathematics.

Links to Third-party web sites

PGP/GnuPG tutorials

Learning about Cryptography - A basic introduction by Terry Ritter.
Comprehensive PGP FAQ - A good first stop shop for common questions.
PGP: Key Encryption - A good introduction to PGP encryption and key generation, by David E.Ross
Tom McCune's page for PGP - Very good source of PGP info and FAQ.

DES Encryption

Data Encryption Standard (DES) Standard - National Bureau of Standards.
The DES Algorithm Illustrated - by J.Orlin Grabbe.
DES Encryption Overview

MD5 Encryption

Collisions in the MD5 cryptographic hash function.
MD5 considered harmful today - Creating a rogue CA certificate

Secure deletion/removal of files/data

Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory - A paper presented by Peter Gutmann to the Usenix Security Symposium in 1996.

DNA Analysis & Profiling

DNA Profiling - An interesting article on DNA Profiling.

Snake oil & other 'false' security

Snake Oil Warning Signs: Encryption Software to Avoid

Law & Legal Information

Crypto Law Survey - A good resource site for finding out cryptography laws in different countries.

Password Cracking and Decryption

Russian PaSsWord Crackers - A good site for cracking passwords and application codes.

Hacking

How to eavesdrop on MSN conversations - a neat little hack you can do to computers on your LAN.

Historical Information

Bletchley Park Museum - Interesting mechanical cypher machine info, including Enigma machine history.
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems - Claude Shannon's original 1949 manuscript.
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems - Another copy of Claude Shannon's work, plus an article by Horst Feistel, a member of the IBM team that developed the Lucifer and DES ciphers.
A Mathematical Theory of Communication - Claude Shannon's original 1948 manuscript.

Miscellaneous crypto stuff

TCPA/Palladium FAQ - by Ross Anderson.
Plaintext recognition - Alan Sherman's introduction and guide.
The Diceware Passphrase Home Page - A novel way of generating passphrases using dice.

Further links to information

John Savard's Cryptographic Compendium - plus loads of other interesting links
Cryptography and Security - Excellent collection of links to further information.
Crypto link farm Security Products - a huge list of useful links.
Nature-Inspired Cryptography and Security - A good repository of interesting links to different cryptographic ciphers.
Cryptography and Security - Excellent collection of links to further information.


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