Applied Cryptography - Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C - 2nd Edition

The book the National Security Agency

wanted never to be published.

"There are two types of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files. This book is about the latter."

This is a deep and totally comprehensive book. This is a must have book for anyone designing, analysing, or hacking security protocols.

784 Pages

Author: Bruce Schneier

Publisher: Wiley

Chapter Summary:

• Foundations

Part 1 - Crytographic Protocols

• Protocol Building Blocks
• Basic Protocols
• Intermediate Protocols
• Advanced Protocols
• Esoteric Protocols

Part 2 - Cryptographic Techniques

• Key Length
• Key Management
• Algorithm Types and Modes
• Using Algorithms

Part 3 - Cryptographic Algorithms

• Mathematical Background
• Data Encryption Standard (DES)
• Other Block Ciphers
• Still Other Block Ciphers
• Combining Block Ciphers
• Pseudo-Random-Sequence Generators and Stream Ciphers
• Other Stream Ciphers and Real Random-Sequence Generators
• One-Way Hash Functions
• Public-Key Algorithms
• Public-Key Digital Signature Algorithms
• Identification Schemes
• Key-Exchange Algorithms
• Special Algorithms for Protocols

Part 4 - The Real World

• Example Implementations
• Politics

Part 5 - Source Code